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AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER​

Named one of the most anticipated novels of the season by People, Associated Press, Time, Los Angeles Times, Parade, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, and more.

From the #1 bestselling authors Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny comes a novel…

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1 author picked State of Terror as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I’m a sucker for great mystery, be it on PBS or in the pages of a book, and I’m a Gamache groupie.

The chief inspector played only a minor role here, but this book featured Penny at her terror-spinning best, with Clinton’s understanding not just of how government works but how terrorists do.

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