ILLEGAL USE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, AND THEIR ANALOGUES HARMS HEALTH, THEIR ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING IS PROHIBITED AND ENTAILS LIABILITY ESTABLISHED BY LAW. The novel "Kingdom of the Blind" continues the series of investigations by Senior Inspector Armand Gamache. This charming character was created by Louise Penny, the only five-time winner of the Agatha Christie Award worldwide. Six months ago, Armand Gamache was temporarily suspended from work, his future career is at risk, but the inspector's conscience is clear, and he enjoys this break among friends and loved ones in the village of Three Pines. However, the holiday does not last long: the inspector receives a letter from a notary inviting him to appear at the specified address. Gamache arrives at an abandoned house and discovers he has been named executor of the will of a stranger, a woman who worked as a cleaner while calling herself a baroness. Crazy? Why, with adult heirs present, did she choose three strangers as executors of her last will? Soon after the will is read, the abandoned house collapses, and the body of one of the heirs is found under the rubble. "The motive is quite reasonable. Murders can be committed for twenty dollars. But here it’s about millions." So, the title and fabulous money are not a fiction? Meanwhile, another will dating back to 1885 is found in the notarial archive, raising even more questions...