It is Winter Carnival in Quebec City, bitterly cold and surpassingly beautiful. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has come not to join the revels but to recover from an investigation gone hauntingly wrong. But violent death is inescapable, even in the apparent sanctuary of the Literary and Historical Society– where an obsessive historian’s quest for the remains of the founder of Quebec, Samuel de … de Champlain, ends in murder. Could a secret buried with Champlain for nearly 400 years be so dreadful that someone would kill to protect it?
Although he is supposed to be on leave, Gamache cannot walk away from a crime that threatens to ignite long-smoldering tensions between the English and the French. Meanwhile, he is receiving disquieting letters from the village of Three Pines, where beloved Bistro owner Olivier was recently convicted of murder. “It doesn’t make sense,” Olivier’s partner writes every day. “He didn’t do it, you know.” As past and present collide in this astonishing novel, Gamache must relive the terrible event of his own past before he can bury his dead.
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I just finished Bury Your Dead, and I’m moving full-steam ahead on the rest of Louise Penny’s wonderful Chief Inspector Gamache series. Bury Your Dead is one of my favorites so far. I was so sucked in by the story-lines, and there were multiple ones that keep me engaged. The first involves the death of a fervent fan of Samuel de Champlain, the …
The most satisfying Inspector Gamache mystery I’ve read to date is both heartbreaking and beautiful. The characters revisit the conviction of a friend, which occurred in the previous book, while trying to come to terms with an operation that went horribly wrong. There are two mysteries in this book and I have to admit I got a little bit bored with …
In this Inspector Gamache, there are two parallel murder stories where Gamache and Beauvoir are physically, but not emotionally, apart from one another working on solving separate mysteries. Gamache takes on the cultural clashes of Francophone and Anglican Quebec, where the setting is the Literary and Historical Society, an Anglican institution, …
Her best yet. She has improved with each book in the series. This one blended history with the mystery in a way that I enjoyed and made me want to visit Quebec and learn more about it.
I treasure all my visits to Three Pines. This one is my favorite of Penny’s to date. I love the characters, how they relate to one another, and Penny’s eloquence. You must read and savor her Gamache novels.
This is book 6 in the Armand Gamache series and I recommend that you read them in order, as some events carry over from previous books. This is an excellent police procedural series and I thank my s-i-l Julia for recommending this series to my wife and I. We both enjoy it. This book is one of the author’s best that I have read so far and I rate it …
I cannot say why but this book feels different from other Penny books. Just as good, entertaining and captivating as all the others. I really like learning Canadian history. How can we be so close and even spend lots of time in Canada and not know very much history. This was more of the history I learned as a child in school.
Thank you Louise …
I am enjoying this series so much. In this book, Armand is visiting his friend and mentor in Quebec City while he is recovering from an injury that happened when things went very wrong on a previous investigation. Armand is haunted by what happened and can’t get away from the voice in his head. He feels that he made a lot of mistakes that led …
Maybe my favorite Penny yet. This one weaves together two murders and a bit of intrigue in the Surete. Penny just draws out so much from her characters. . . she sees them as complex people, and that’s beautiful.
The history lesson was great, I did not realize Quebec had such a rich, yet violent, history. Another jewel for Louise Penny’s crown of achievement. The emotions run high as old things are resolved and old wrongs are righted. Excellent read.
A seamless blend of mystery and history, shaped into a captivating and deeply moving story.
I love all of the Inspector Gamache books. The characters have become friends.
This was my favorite Louise Penny yet!! While the Chief Inspector and his chief agent were recovering physically AND emotionally from a horrific event involving the deaths of fellow agents, they both find themselves investigating different murders. For Beauvoir, it is re-visiting the possible erroneous arrest of a beloved member of the Three Pines …
My favorite of the series so far.
The heartbreaking sequel to A Brutal Telling. Read them both. They are stunning.
Louise Penny has written a series of books that draw you in to the world of Inspector Gamache and friends completely and makes you feel like you are going back to visit very dear old friends whose company you thoroughly enjoy. I hope she continues to write for a very long time and I’ll read every book she publishes.
Just one in a series, you will love the characters and want to live in Three Pines
anything by Louise Penny doesn’t disappoint
ANYTHING by Louise Penny is excellent!!! I have read them in English AND in French: I can’t get enough of her books!!!! This book is particularly inviting to me as it takes place in Quebec City !!!!
Always entertaining