Kingdom of the Blind (Armand Gamache)

This was my first reading of a book by Louise Penny, hence my first reading of the Inspector Gamache series. For that reason I felt like I was walking into the middle of a conversation already well underway. I had some difficulty following all the characters who resided in Three Pines, but that might be because their characters were more fully developed in the earlier books of the series. It held my attention and I enjoyed the major characters of the book. I love Canada and all things Canadian, especially its people, so this was a treat. However, the descriptions of the Winter weather reminded me of time spent in Thunder Bay, Ontario in early January of 1970. Absolute misery.