Books by Louise Penny
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review 1: This is the first (and only) of the Inspector Gamache books I've read, and it didn't work for me. It was interminable. The story line about the Inspector's colleagues got old. After about halfway through the book I found myself skipping through the book. Although I didn't like th...
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review 1: Loved the book. My Aunt turned me onto this series: I'm extremely happy that she did. This book reads like a PBS detective series. long and deep and literate. I could see Inspector Gamanche so clearly, could hear the way he spoke.... . Although I've been to Montreal before, I've ...
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review 1: The Long Way Home is Louise Penny's latest Gamache novel. Who would not enjoy retiring to the quaint village of Three Pines with its bistro, bookstore and population of world class characters: an award winning poet who handraised a duck, a highly regarded artist, and a retire...
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review 1: First Inspector Gamache book I've read. Good read. Several stories coincide and intersect. realising the wrong man is in prison for a murder Inspector Beauvoir goes back to Three Pines to reopen the case and find the true murderer. meanwhile in Quebec City a Champlain history ...
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review 1: I loved this book. It seemed to be the most nuanced of the Gamache series and it ended with a bit of doubt about the outcome...something that I think is necessary in any murder mystery. The characters in Three Pines continue to develop more deeply and become less cliched and bo...
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review 1: Not the strongest in the Inspector Gamache series, but still a pleasure to read. This one has a pretty typical setup for a mystery, the secluded locale, the bickering rich family, and concludes a bit saccharine for my taste, but, per usual, Penny imbues her mystery with more warm...