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An obsessive historian's quest for the remains of the founder of Quebec, Samuel de Champlain, ends in murder. Could a secret buried with Champlain for nearly 400 years be so dreadful that someone would kill to protect it? Although he is supposed to be on leave, Chief Inspector Gamache cannot walk away from a crime that threatens to ignite long-smoldering tensions between the English and the French. Meanwhile, he is receiving disquieting letters from the village of Three Pines, where beloved Bistro owner Olivier was recently convicted of murder.… (altro)
This is really a great series. Penny is a skilled author who takes these books well beyond the typical "whodunnit" and creates excellent character studies. ( )
3.5 stars. Quite gripping, with Penny's usual excellent use of language. I guess I wasn't the only one who hated the ending of the previous book, The Brutal Telling, since this one goes back to that murder & basically tells it over again with a different outcome. There is also a new murder to solve, with another odd choice of culprit, and a running theme of Gamache et al trying to recover from a Sureté operation that went wrong. And if that's not enough, there's the "where's Champlain buried?" plot line. I liked the further exploration of the characters of Chief Inspector Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir. ( )
I said the last book broke me a bit. This one finished the process. While I can’t believe it took me so long to discover this series, I’m so happy that there are so many for me to binge read! ( )
tres tramas en simultáneo muy buenas. Descansando de una herida por un atentado que se va contando al pasar, Gamache en Quebec investiga un asesinato y hasta una desaparición de un cadaver de 400 años. y en el medio en three pines se reabre la investigación de la muerte del ermitaño. muy buena ( )
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This book is dedicated to second chances— Those who give them And those who take them
Incipit
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Up the stairs they raced, taking them two at a time, trying to be as quiet as possible.
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(p. 31) "My English isn't very good. It's OK, but you should hear the head librarian speak French. At least, I think she's speaking French. She clearly thinks she is. But I can't understand a word. In the entire interview she spoke French and I spoke English. It was like something out of a cartoon. She must think I'm a moron. So far all I've done is grinned and nodded and I think I might have asked whether she's descended from the lower orders." "Why did you ask that?" "I didn't mean to. I wanted to ask if she had access to the basement, but something went wrong," he smiled ruefully. "I think clarity might be important in a murder case." "I think you might be right. What did she say to your questions?" "She got quite upset and said that the night is a strawberry." "Oh dear." Langlois sighed a puff of frustration. "Will you come in? I know you speak English. I've heard you at conferences." "But how do you know I wasn't mangling the language too? Maybe the night is a strawberry."
(p. 37) "I understand that the night is a strawberry," said Gamache, smiling slightly. "Oh, you heard about that, did you?" Elizabeth smiled. "Poor Winnie. No ear for languages. Reads French perfectly, you know. Always the highest marks in school, but can't seem to speak it. Her accent would stop a train."
(p. 62) Winnie Manning came in next and confirmed that the night was indeed a strawberry, but added that the English were good pumpkins and that the library had a particularly impressive section on mattresses and mattress warfare.
(p. 141) ...Winnie had greeted them, given them the bilingual brochures, and invited them to join. She'd even given some of the more brazen a brief tour of the library, pointing out the fine pillows on the walls, the collection of figs on the shelves, and asking if any of them would like to become umlauts. Not surprisingly, few did. But three people actually paid twenty dollars and joined, shamed into it by Winnie's obvious kindness and handicap. "Did you mention that the night is a strawberry?" Elizabeth asked when Winnie returned with a membership payment. "I did. They didn't disagree."
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There was only silence then, and from very far away, the sound of children playing.
An obsessive historian's quest for the remains of the founder of Quebec, Samuel de Champlain, ends in murder. Could a secret buried with Champlain for nearly 400 years be so dreadful that someone would kill to protect it? Although he is supposed to be on leave, Chief Inspector Gamache cannot walk away from a crime that threatens to ignite long-smoldering tensions between the English and the French. Meanwhile, he is receiving disquieting letters from the village of Three Pines, where beloved Bistro owner Olivier was recently convicted of murder.
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This is really a great series. Penny is a skilled author who takes these books well beyond the typical "whodunnit" and creates excellent character studies. (