Summary

In Chapter 22, Myrna asked Gamache who he thought had killed CC. He told her and the rest of the group he thought it was someone from her past. He shared with them her fantasy concerning her parents. They agreed they had all had fantasies as children but had outgrown them.

Before he left Clara’s house, Gamache asked to take one of her portfolios with him. In her studio, he saw the Le Bien ball on the shelf. When Gamache asked Peter about the ball, he admitted he had found it in the dump, balanced on the edge of the dumpster. Gamache told them it was CC’s. It had been painted by her mother. Gabri believed it was the reason that CC had moved there, because of the three pines painted on the ball. Peter was first to understand, that CC’s...