An excellent read set in the lovely sleepy Canadian village of Three Pines, as were her previous special books. I get the feeling this is a magical, happy place with a close-knit protective community who cannot understand why it is visited by evil, and hope that C.I. Gamache of the Quebec Surete will rescue them – which he does, so the village can go back to sleep again, almost like Brigadoon, until Louise Penny returns, hopefully with another fine novel.
Comparison: Ruth Rendell, Colin Dexter, Henning Mankell.
'No one does atmospheric like Louise Penny' ELLY GRIFFITHS'Altogether extraordinary' WASHINGTON POSTThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings.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 Chief Inspector Gamache arrives the next morning, he faces an unusual crime scene. A séance in an old abandoned house has gone horrifically wrong and someone has been seemingly frightened to death.In idyllic Three Pines, terrible secrets lie buried, and even Gamache has something to hide. One of his own team is about to betray him. But how far will they go to ensure Gamache's downfall?Millions of readers worldwide.One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache.
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'No one does atmospheric like Louise Penny' ELLY GRIFFITHS'Altogether extraordinary' WASHINGTON POSTThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings.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 Chief Inspector Gamache arrives the next morning, he faces an unusual crime scene.
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The Cruellest Month was written by Louise Penny and published by Hodder an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton
The Cruellest Month has 454 pages
Yes it is part of A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery series
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