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Title details for The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny - Available

The Cruelest Month

#3 in series

by Louise Penny
Ralph Cosham
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Welcome to Three Pines, where the cruelest month is about to deliver on its threat.It's spring in the tiny, forgotten village of Three Pines. Buds are on the trees, and the first flowers are struggling through the newly thawed earth. But not everything is meant to return to life.When some villagers decide to celebrate Easter with a séance at the Old Hadley House, they are hoping to rid the town of its evil—until one of their party dies of fright. Was this a natural death, or was the victim somehow helped along? Brilliant, compassionate Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec is called to investigate, in a case that will force him to face his own ghosts as well as those of a seemingly idyllic town, where relationships are far more dangerous than they seem.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Chief Inspector Armand Gamache

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 1, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781483057323
      • File size: 338970 KB
      • Duration: 11:46:11

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Penny's series has everything you want in a cozy--likable characters, a smart sleuth, several well-juggled plots, and twists and turns. Narrator Ralph Cosham evokes the idyllic Quebec village of Three Pines with skillful handling of the often funny, often conflicted people who live there. He also captures the political intrigue within the Quebec police department. When a sÄance in a spooky house, meant to be fun, ends in death, you can hardly wait for the much loved, much maligned, always compassionate Chief Inspector Armand Gamache to show up. He's the focal point of all three of these mysteries, and Cosham renders him so believable that he'll stay with you long after you stop listening. D.G. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from January 7, 2008
      Chief Insp. Armand Gamache and his team investigate another bizarre crime in the tiny Québec village of Three Pines in Penny’s expertly plotted third cozy (after 2007’s A Fatal Grace
      ). As the townspeople gather in the abandoned and perhaps haunted Hadley house for a séance with a visiting psychic, Madeleine Favreau collapses, apparently dead of fright. No one has a harsh word to say about Madeleine, but Gamache knows there’s more to the case than meets the eye. Complicating his inquiry are the repercussions of Gamache having accused his popular superior at the Sûreté du Québec of heinous crimes in a previous case. Fearing there might be a mole on his team, Gamache works not only to solve the murder but to clear his name. Arthur Ellis Award–winner Penny paints a vivid picture of the French-Canadian village, its inhabitants and a determined detective who will strike many Agatha Christie fans as a 21st-century version of Hercule Poirot.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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