The Grey Wolf Chief Inspector Gamache Series 19 by Louise Penny
The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times bestselling Armand Gamache series. Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Quebec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide at the Set, as he sits with his wife in their back garden. Reine-Marie watches with increasing unease as her husband refuses to pick up, though he clearly knows who is on the other end. When he finally answers, his rage shatters the calm of their quiet Sunday morning. That's only the first in a sequence of strange events that begin THE GREY WOLF, the nineteenth novel in Louise Penny's #1 New York Times bestselling series. A missing coat, an intruder alarm, a note for Gamache reading "this might interest you", a puzzling scrap of paper with a mysterious list and then a murder. All propel Chief Inspector Gamache and his team toward a terrible realization. Something much more sinister than any one murder or any one case is fast approaching. Armand Gamache, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, his son-in-law and second in command, and Inspector Isabelle Lacoste can only trust each other, as old friends begin to act like enemies, and long-time enemies appear to be friends. Determined to track down the threat before it becomes a reality, their pursuit takes them across Quebec and across borders. Their hunt grows increasingly desperate…
- Louise Penny Author
- Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
- Publication Date: 10-29-2024
- Page Count: 432
- Hardcover
- Mystery & Thriller
- 9.5 (w) x 6.6(h) x 1.5 (d)
- ISBN: 9781250328137
Web ID: 20312182
Gamache is a gift!
The Grey Wolf By Louise Penny This is the nineteenth book in the Three Pines/Armand Gamache series. Once again we visit the hidden village of Three Pines and once again we visit with the same cast of characters – like old friends. And once again Ms. Penny manages to escape the boredom of repetition and keep us fully engaged. Armand Gamache is the chief homicide inspector for the Surete of Quebec. He is growing old now, but he is still sharp and uses his years of experience to solve cases and bring evil doers to justice. Here the "bad guys" may be found throughout the halls of government. Armand and his assistants, Jean Guy Beauvoir and Isabelle Lacoste, are on their own, not knowing who they can trust. But they must solve the case before the water supply for Montreal can be poisoned and chaos can ensue. In every Three Pines novel, Penny manages to insert chapters on life in the village with its cast of strange and wonderful characters into the crime narrative going on around them. It is this kind of compare and contrast method of storytelling that keeps the reader coming back for more. The village represents home for Armand and the people he loves, an escape from the horrors of his job. If you have not read Gamache, you are missing out on one of the greats of crime fiction. While I would recommend reading all nineteen novels, each can be read standalone. And I am excited that the author is now working on Three Pines #20!
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Customer review from barnesandnoble.com
Disappointing- not the Louise Penny I love
Felt like I was reading a Batman book. Was this meant to be The Dark Knight episode for Gamache? Crazy back & forth searches & a highly unlikely disaster. AND on top of it at the end it slides to the next book as a continuation. So disappointing.
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Excellent Addition to the Armand Gamache Series
I’ve been a fan of Louise Penny since her first book, Still LIfe (2005), and believe from page one of her first book that she is the finest writer of modern mysteries. Her writing is often lyrical, her plotting exceptional, and her characters are complex and likable. All her books are slow builds with enough twists and turns to keep readers reading into the wee hours of the morning. In her latest book, number 19 in her series, Armand Gamache’s home is broken into and the only thing stolen is an old coat of his. When the coat is returned through the mail, he finds two scraps of paper with a list of herbs and spices. From those two scraps of paper, slowly but surely, Gamache must figure out why his coat was returned and by whom and why was he sent two scraps of paper. This is not necessarily a fast read but readers need to read every word lest they miss a clue or ten. By the end of the book, Penny has resolved all the clues, wrapped up every thread that lead to the resolution of the mystery. You need not have read the first 18 books in this series because the author does a credible job of letting her readers know the relationship between the characters, the history between them, and where they are at the start of this book. If you read this book and want more of Gamache and his world, start with the first book and read the series in order. My thanks to Minotaur and Edelweiss for an eARC.
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