Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has just been suspended with nothing to do when out of the blue he is summoned to a broken down farmhouse along with a psychiatrist friend and a young builder and told that they have been named liquidators of a will for a woman none of them have ever met. Even though the three of them can find no connection to the woman who called herself the Baroness, they can't resist the mystery. Winter in Quebec is anything but helpful so when a blizzard keeps all of them together, the neighbors give their help as well. Gamache works to solve the mystery of the Baroness maid, solve a murder and clear his name at headquarters by locating a lot of drugs that have gone missing. The characters in this little town are delightful - even the cranky ones and keep you interested in not only the mystery at hand but also Gamache and his careful plodding way. Armand Gamache is Canada's version of Christie's Inspector Poirot but with much more snark and style.