Series: Three Pines Book 5
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Length: 400 pages
Audiobook Length: 13 hours and 14 minutes
First Published: 2009
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Rachael’s Review
When a body turns up one morning in Olivier’s Bistro, Inspector Armand Gamache must return to Three Pines to investigate the case. Who is the murdered man and why was his body dumped in the bistro? With a heated rivalry between Olivier and a new family opening a luxury inn in Three Pines, Olivier has motive and a story full of holes that don’t seem to be adding up in the sixth book of Louise Penny’s bestselling series.
Now I can see why everyone says to keep reading the series. After several uninspiring books, I found myself once again captivated by Inspector Gamache’s mystery. Better yet, Penny proved that the main characters are not untouchable. Instead of the stories feeling like standalone novels, Penny has started to insert foreshadowing into future problems and continuing story arcs through multiple books. Now I’m excited to read book six.
Publisher’s Description
Chaos is coming, old son.
With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. Everybody goes to Olivier’s Bistro―including a stranger whose murdered body is found on the floor. When Chief Inspector Gamache is called to investigate, he is dismayed to discover that Olivier’s story is full of holes. Why are his fingerprints all over the cabin that’s uncovered deep in the wilderness, with priceless antiques and the dead man’s blood? And what other secrets and layers of lies are buried in the seemingly idyllic village?
Gamache follows a trail of clues and treasures―from first editions of Charlotte’s Web and Jane Eyre to a spiderweb with a word mysteriously woven in it―into the woods and across the continent, before returning to Three Pines to confront the truth and the final, brutal telling.
Quotes from The Brutal Telling
Better to accept the wretched truth than struggle, twisting to make a wish a reality.
Most unhappiness comes from not being able to sit quietly in a room.
Like a first love, the place where peace is first found is never, ever forgotten.
About Louise Penny
Louise Penny is the author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. Her husband Michael was the inspiration for Armand Gamache; he died in 2016. Penny currently lives in a small village south of Montréal. Visit the author’s website →
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