A Great Reckoning is Louise Penny, at her best. After cleaning out Quebec's Surete, Armand Gamache takes on the job of commander of the police academy, that feeds officers into the Surete.
He fires some of the teachers, but keeps on a very controversial one. Gamache kept on the leader suspected of creating the cruel, biased, privileged tone, the cadets graduating have. Serge Leduc was a controlling, mean man. He chooses favorites. He breaks them and then molds them to do his will, including entertaining him by playing Russian roulette.
Gamache also hires his former best friend, Michel Brebeuf. Brebeuf betrayed the Surete. He should have went to prison, but Gamache had mercy on him. Now he's teaching with Brebeuf.
Of course, some of the action takes place at the village of Three Pines. An old map is found in the wall. It was once used as insulation. It would have been tossed away except it was interesting. Gamache has it framed.
When Leduc is found dead, Gamache takes the cadet suspects and hides them in Three Pines. This was to watch them and also keep them safe. To keep them busy he hands them the map. They are to find out what the map depicts, what it was used for, or whatever else they can figure out.
BTW, a copy of the map was found in the murdered man's room. Why? Maybe the cadets will find that out.
The reader will never, never, be able to guess who did it, nor what a map found in a wall has to do with anything. Enjoy.
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