This deep dive explores Glass Houses ( Casas de Cristal ), the 13th installment in Louise Penny's Inspector Armand Gamache series, a pivotal, dark, and highly introspective novel where the idyllic village of Three Pines faces its deepest existential threat.
The novel heavily features themes of betrayal from within, referencing the struggle against corruption.
Now Chief Superintendent of the Sûreté du Québec, Gamache is no longer just solving local murders; he is fighting a war against the opioid epidemic.