How the Light Gets In

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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN. Copyright © 2013 by Three Pines Creations, Inc. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Excerpt from “Anthem” in Stranger Music by Leonard Cohen. Copyright © 1993 by Leonard Cohen. Reprinted by permission of McClelland & Stewart.

Excerpts from Vapour Trails by Marylyn Plessner (2000). Used by permission of Stephen Jarislowsky.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Penny, Louise.

How the light gets in: Chief Inspector Gamache novel / Louise Penny.—First Minotaur Books edition.

pages cm

ISBN 978-0-312-65547-1 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4668-3470-5 (e-book)

1. Gamache, Armand (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Police—Québec (Province)—Fiction. 3. Missing persons—Fiction. I. Title.

PR9199.4.P464H69 2013

813'.6—dc23

2013013622

eISBN 9781466834705

First Edition: September 2013