The fifth book in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, The Brutal Telling is a murder mystery that takes place in the small town of Three Pines, where a man no one seems to recognize has turned up dead in the local cafe. The Brutal Telling has all the hallmarks of the series: an outsider is murdered, the peace of Three Pines is shattered, Inspector Gamache bestows his beatific smile on those who deserve it and saves the day. But for reasons unrelated to the […]
A Gamache Novella
A moment of fair warning: I did not enjoy this Gamache story very much. However, I have come to find out that it was written for a good cause, and I feel a bit of an asshat for not enjoying it. Louise Penny wrote the book for an initiative put on by ABC Life Literacy Canada, which aims to increase life literacy skills. The Good Reads program specifically aims to have inexpensive and short books anyone learning English or English speakers learning to read later […]
A Quebecois Poirot
In the tiny town of Three Pines, the body of Jane Neal is discovered in the woods. Miss Jane was beloved by her neighbors, many of whom are her former students. It appears that her death was a hunting accident, but when Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is assigned to the case, he begins to think it may have been on purpose. There are few things in life that are cozier than laying on the couch under a blanket, reading a British murder mystery. Still Life […]
A quiet little mystery.
Here we have a delightful convergence of events: Ms. Was wrote a review about a mystery series she loves a few weeks ago and the first book of that same series was on sale on Audible at nearly the same time. There are few easier reading decisions than this one – Yes! First in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series is Still Life. Inspector Gamache is part of the Surêté du Québec. He and his team of investigators find themselves called to the scene of […]