Excellent adaption of the Inspector Gamache series. It isn't a perfect, by the book retelling but still fascinating. Gamache is brooding , philosophical and empathetic...but most importantly he is ethical . Orphaned as a child , Gamache is sensitive to tragedy . Alfred Molina is outstanding as Gamache and inhabits the character. The story is difficult to follow at first but quickly settles into a moody, evocative mystery.