"[Penny's new novel is] not, like the earlier ones set the little village of Three Pines. Instead the story takes Chief Inspector Gamache to a remote monastery in the wilds of Quebec. Gamache and his assistant Beauvoir move in to the monastery to figure out which of the monks killed one of their brethren. The investigation is complicated by the fact that the monks have all taken a vow of silence -- except for their chanting during midnight masses.
"There is a side mystery about the origins of Gilbertine chants, and, as in earlier books, a strong undercurrent of the simmering feud between Gamache and the corrupt hierarchy of the Sûreté du Québec (Quebec Provincial Police). There's definitely a sequel to follow, hopefully in which Gamache finally makes his play to rid the Sûreté of corruption!"
That recommendation might send me back to read another Louise Penny novel.
Has anyone else read The Beautiful Mystery? How did you react? Write and tell this little bit of the world what you thought.
One other part of Dale's note was that he's begun a book by Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Keeper of Lost Causes. He also likes this one. Set in Copenhagen, it features Detective Carl Mork and Dept Q. It's Adler-Olsen's 2007 novel that was titled Kvinden i buret in Danish. We'll hear more later. Won't we Dale?
- Louise Penny's web site
- Robert Wiersema's review in The Toronto Globe and Mail
- Maureen Corrigan's review in The Washington Post
- Nina Sankovitch's review in Huffington Post
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