Fearing there might be a mole on his team, Gamache works not only to solve the murder but to clear his name. Complicating his inquiry are the repercussions of Gamache having accused his popular superior at the Surete du Quebec of heinous crimes in a previous case. No one has a harsh word to say about Madeleine, but Gamache knows there's more to the case than meets the eye. As the townspeople gather in the abandoned and perhaps haunted Hadley house for a séance with a visiting psychic, Madeleine Favreau collapses, apparently dead of fright. Armand Gamache and his team investigate another bizarre crime in the tiny Quebec village of Three Pines in Penny's expertly plotted third cozy (after 2007's A Fatal Grace). Who wouldn’t be charmed by the dramas of community…? Yet it is Penny’s fastidious, cultured, and smart Inspector Gamache who makes The Cruelest Month impossible to put down.Ĭhief Insp.

Add compassion, grace, and wisdom, and readers will rejoice in the latest entry in this stylish and sensitive series. Rich characterizations, a credible plotline, and an increasingly likable protagonist in Gamache.

I will just have to sulk in the suburbs until she writes the next one. How much do I love series? So much that I don’t merely crave the next installment-I want to live in Three Pines… Let Penny takes exquisite care to create, flesh out, and nurture the relationships in the village and on the police force. Certain books come to mind whenever that little voice whispers in your ear ‘Oh, lighten up!’… Louise Penny’s series about the eccentric residents of a postcard-perfect town in Canada can…be pretty funny.

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