All The Devils Are Here by Louise Penny was published in 2020. I was amazed recently when I realised that I was three books behind with this Three Pines series, I don’t know how that happened.

This was a good read despite it being set mainly in Paris and Three Pines only featuring very briefly at the end. There are quite a few mentions of delicious French pastries though, no calories involved!

With the Gamache adult children now settled in Paris Armand and his wife Reine-Marie have travelled to visit them and Armand’s godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. The family reunion meal ends in disaster though as Stephen is knocked down and badly injured as they leave the restaurant.

Gamache is sure that it wasn’t an accident and when the personal effects that Reine-Marie had picked up from the road after the accident also include a mysterious key, his investigation leads to him wondering if his godfather is really who he purported to be. Was he in the Resistance in Paris during the war – or was he a collaborator?

It’s just about impossible to sort out the baddies from the goodies, but I can’t really say too much more without mentioning possible spoilers – so I’ll leave it at that – apart from saying that at the end Three Pines does make a brief appearance. I so want to visit the bistro!