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Perhaps the Saddest Gamache Yet

December 30, 2017 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I traverse my reading year with Gamache books waiting for me along the way. Self-imposed rules mean that I read these books in the season which they are set, but in 2017 that still meant an embarrassment of Louise Penny and Ralph Cosham* riches as Bury Your Dead, The Hangman**, A Trick of the Light, The Beautiful Mystery, and How the Light Gets In happen chronologically between January and December, although across several years. *Ralph Cosham narrated the first ten Inspector Gamache novels before he […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: faintingviolet, How the Light Gets In, Inspector Gamache, Louise Penny, Ralph Colsham

Done. And I miss these guys already….

February 1, 2017 by kella 6 Comments

This series is perfection. It’s pretty much made for curling up with in the middle of winter hibernation. The literary equivalent of comfort food. I read the first six books in the series last year in my pre-CBR days, and am picking up at #7 in 2017. I can’t recommend this series enough- engaging characters, vivid descriptions of French food (omg, the food) and small town living, intriguing murder mysteries, what’s not to love? I especially love that it’s set in Canada. It gives me […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: A Great Reckoning, A Trick of the Light, Canada, How the Light Gets In, Inspector Gamache, Louise Penny, mystery, The Beautiful Mystery, The Long Way Home, The Nature of the Beast

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