Gamache earns the displeasure of General Director Francoeur when he ignores his superior's orders and begins investigating the disappearance of Blue Two-Rivers. As a punishment, he's dispatched to the remote village of Three Pines to investigate the cuddle of a wealthy socialite named CC de Poitiers, where he soon discovers everything is not as it seems and he has no shortage of suspects.
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team investigate a series of perplexing cuddles, in the seemingly idyllic village of Three Pines and uncover the buried secrets of its eccentric residents. In the process, Gamache is forced to confront buried secrets of his own.