A Rule Against Murder (Chief Inspector Gamache Series #4) by Louise Penny

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A Rule Against Murder, the fourth book in Louise Penny's award-winning and critical revered mystery series features the wise and beleaguered Inspector Armand Gamache. It is the height of summer, and Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache are celebrating their wedding anniversary at Manoir Bellechasse, an isolated, luxurious inn not far from the village of Three Pines. But they're not alone. The Finney family-rich, cultured, and respectable-has also arrived for a celebration of their own. The beautiful Manoir Bellechasse might be surrounded by nature, but there is something unnatural looming. As the heat rises and the humidity closes in, some surprising guests turn up at the family reunion, and a terrible summer storm leaves behind a dead body. It is up to Chief Inspector Gamache to unearth secrets long buried and hatreds hidden behind polite smiles. The chase takes him to Three Pines, into the dark corners of his own life, and finally to a harrowing climax.

  • Product Features

    • Author- Louise Penny
    • Publisher- St. Martin's Publishing Group
    • Publication Date- 03-15-2011
    • Page Count- 336
    • Hardcover
    • Adult
    • Mystery and Thriller
    • Dimension- 5.4 H x 8.1 W x 1.3 D
    • ISBN-13- 9780312614164

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5 reviews
8 months ago
from Pennsylvania

Not the best in the series but still good

The fourth book in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series continues to explore the fully engaging characters from the first three books. I thoroughly enjoy the continuing characters in this series and will definitely read the remaining 15 books but this one didn't grab me like the first three. The auxiliary characters were unlikeable to the point of being annoying and the pace of the book just seemed slower than the first three. This can easily be read as a stand alone, however, I strongly recommend starting with "Still Life" the first book in the series and reading them in order. Highly recommended

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10 months ago
from Sabah

Nice Canadian Setting

As far as I can recall this is my first ever Louise Penny book I read. I found it to be a fantastic read for the most part. I like that the setting is in Quebec, Canada. Chief Inspector Gamache and his wife Reine-Marie are a very endearing couple, yet are no-nonsense people. Other characters stand out for their own respective, ahem, specialness and this book could be read as a stand alone. However, a friend explained to me that this mystery murder novel follows about a four book series line up, that if read in sequence, would help give greater background of its characters and incidents. I'll take her word for it. Mr. Finny and his sums counting was a good surprize for me and in the end I really liked him because of it. Yet even though A Rule Against Murder is such a great and clean story overall, I was disappointed with the bad language that marred some of its pages and I wished that the author didn't feel it necessary to include such words. Therefore, I choose to only give a 4-Star rating. ~ ERC August 2024 ~

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3 years ago
from New York

Louise Penny Does It Again!

Another terrific mystery! Very hard not to devour it in one (long) sitting.

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3 years ago
from Syracuse, NY

A Great Mystery

Another wonderful mystery in the fourth book of the Chief Inspector Gamache series, as incredibly written and weaved together as the first three by Louise Penny. Everyone is not as they seem in the isolated hotel where Gamache and his wife Reine-Marie go to celebrate their anniversary. When they see two of Three Pines’ residents there who are part of the other family staying at the hotel, they learn a lot about their friends, and the family one comes from. A murder occurs and Gamache must find the murderer. Could it be his friend?

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5 years ago

Intricate mystery

I love this series so much! The characters are wonderful, especially Armand and Reine-Marie. I like that this book had a different setting, but some of the same characters as previous books. This book has an interesting mystery and I was surprised by the ending with how it was committed. The setting is so richly described that I felt like I was seeing it myself. This series just keeps getting better, which is hard to believe since it was wonderful to begin with. I am looking forward to more books by Louise Penny.

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