The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Hardcover) by Louise Penny

from BeckyJG

The Brutal Telling is the fifth of Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache novels. Murder has once again happened in the tiny, seemingly idyllic Quebec village of Three Pines, and Chief Inspector Gamache, along with Inspectors Beauvoir and Lacoste head out from the city to solve the case. They sta...

from BeckyJG

The Brutal Telling is the fifth of Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache novels. Murder has once again happened in the tiny, seemingly idyllic Quebec village of Three Pines, and Chief Inspector Gamache, along with Inspectors Beauvoir and Lacoste head out from the city to solve the case. They sta...

from ExVivre

If anyone had suggested that I read a "cozy mystery" before receiving this review copy of The Brutal Telling, they would have received a brutal telling-off. What is supposed to be cozy about nail-biting suspense and meticulous sleuthing? Well, wrap me in the Snuggie of Shame - I liked it. Louise ...

from loosha

THE BRUTAL TELLING This is an utterly appealing murder mystery. The characters of Three Pines are so real, but you must read at least some of the previous books to get the most satisfaction from meeting them again: the irascible detective and his entourage, the crazy poet and her duck, the wise b...

from BCCJillster

Brilliant! One of the best 3 in the series. But you really must read Still Life and Three Graces first to completely appreciate the cumulative effect of this book. Louise Penny has created a Canadian Brigadoon for 'the rest of us' in Three Pines--the town we all want access to. And it's filled wi...