A New York Times Bestselling Author A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Hardly a day goes by when nine-year-old Laurent Lepage doesn''t cry wolf. From alien invasions and walking trees to winged beasts in the woods and dinosaurs spotted in Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand Gamache, former head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec, and his wife Reine-Marie, who now live in the little Quebec village. Then Laurent disappears. Might one of his tall tales been true?