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Louise Penny (Author)
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Publication Date: 6 Sep 2007
It's Easter, and on a glorious spring day in peaceful Three Pines, someone waits for night to fall. They plan to raise the dead…

When C. I. Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec arrives the next morning, he faces an unusual crime scene. A séance in an old, abandoned house has gone horrifically wrong and someone lies frightened to death. For in idyllic Three Pines not all is as it seems. Toxic secrets lie buried, and something terrible has finally clawed its way out. And even Gamache has something to hide. One of his own team is preparing to betray him. But who is it? And how far will they go to ensure Gamache's downfall?

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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Headline (6 Sep 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0755328949
  • ISBN-13: 978-0755328949
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.4 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 398,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Louise Penny has long been turning out some of the most adroitly written crime fiction in the genre (gleaning a slew of awards in the process), and her well-honed skills are once again to the fore in The Cruellest Month, another sterling entry in the series with her doughty copper, C.I. Gamache of the Sûreté du Quebec.

Once again the Canadian locales are vividly evoked: in the pretty town of Three Pines, it’s spring and spirits are high. But this is crime fiction, and there is (as aficionados know) always a skull beneath the skin. Beneath the surface, destabilising secrets fester. A séance in a crumbling deserted house has had disastrous results, with one of the participants apparently frightened to death. C.I. Gamache, stalwart of the Quebecois Sûreté, is handling the case, but there are corollary distractions for his assignment: one of his team is about throw a heavy spanner into the works – one that my destroy Gamache (but which member of the tem is it?). And there are things that even the detective himself is keeping clandestine.

In a limpid, but subtly poetic style (the T S Eliot reference in the title is à propos), Louise Penny charts her narrative with the kind of quiet assurance that has so pleased readers in such previous books as Still Life and Dead Cold, and a particular pleasure is afforded here by the deeper personal involvement of Gamache in the narrative (as ever he is drawn in a satisfyingly multi-faceted fashion). The atmosphere of deferred revenge and incipient death is pleasurably unsettling. --Barry Forshaw --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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'[Penny is] perhaps the deftest talent to arrive since Minette Walters' Kirkus

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5.0 out of 5 stars At last things become clear 30 May 2008
By Dr. Jane C. Holland
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I loved the first two Inspector Gamache books, particularly the setting in french-speaking Canada and the local features that brings out (weather, accessability, french v english speaking cultures, small community life). This third book brings all that again but also solves the crime that is the focus of the book while also answering the conundrums that have been doing the rounds in the previousl two volumes. To say more would be to spoil the plot.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars - Top Cosy Crime 19 Jun 2008
By A. Mccoll
Format:Paperback
they call this Cosy Crime which makes me laugh !! This is an excellent book it keeps you going all through the book, nicely building on the previous 2 books and getting to the bottom of the situation "back at base" I Won;t say more about that in fear of spoiling what is the darkest part of the book.

French Canada really comes to life in this series - if you like Agatha Christie and like something a bit different this is the series for you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Severe Pleasure 15 Nov 2010
By Mrs. Fiona Gardiner
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My first Louise Penny book, selected by chance, proved a severe pleasure. I was absolutely bowled over by the intelligence and wit of the writing and charaterisation and simply terrified by the storytelling! One of the most absorbing, frightening, wonderfully enjoyable crime novels I have ever read. I found myself shaking with terror as I read. I cannot recommend it too highly. Like others, I have been seduced by the French Canadian setting and the town of Three Pines and its occupants just as much as I have been charmed by Inspector Gamache's quiet integrity. A must for anyone who wants to read a book that is three-dimensional,astute yet immensley satisfying to the lover of crime novels. A triumph ...and it made me hungry for more!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fab Who Dunnit
If you haven't read any chief Inspector Gamache books and you like who dunnit's give it a try. I have read all in the series and can't wait for the next one
Published 1 month ago by frances mills
5.0 out of 5 stars Another winner from Louise Penny!
This series just gets better and better and I thoroughly recommend them to any mystery lover .Yes they are cosy but the artists community in Three Pines is lovingly portrayed and... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jules
4.0 out of 5 stars The Best so Far
The third on the Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny is the best so far. An intriguing and enjoyable murder, coupled with plotting within the police force itself, combine to... Read more
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The Inspector Gamache books are a joy to read.
The setting of Quebec province and the village of Three Pines is excellent. Read more
Published 12 months ago by sues
5.0 out of 5 stars Canada's gentle detective
Inspector Gamache is a very thoughtful, reserved policeman, he is quite out of the ordinary and one cannot help but admire him throughout all the novels. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Cheryl D. Kramer
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I wasn't actually expecting great things from this book when I bought it at a bargain price from the supermarket. Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2010 by book fan
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After a clunky start the novel gathers pace to deliver a stylish and tension-filled story, the twin plot lines eventually merging to open a window into the souls of men and ask... Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2009 by S. Wilson
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