A Trick of the Light
Ratings37
Average rating4.2
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Ratings37
Average rating4.2
The New York Times Bestseller 'Stellar . . . With her smart plot and fascinating, nuanced characters, Penny proves again that she is one of our finest writers' (People Magazine) In the green depths of spring, morning breaks on a woman splayed in a bed of flowers - her eyes wide, her neck broken. Her death is a mystery; so is the woman herself. But as Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team peer into the dark corners of the victim's past, they expose a secret that rots at the very heart of their community - a secret that will implicate someone they've trusted for years. And as Gamache knows too well, in the flickering shadows of death, the truth may be just a trick of the light.
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18 primary books19 released booksChief Inspector Gamache Mysteries is a 19-book series with 18 primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Louise Penny.
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I love this series but I am tiring of how many times she has to mention Myrna's fatness, or how much the poor makes her uncomfortable. It's not really compassionate or meaningful to the story either.
Short Review: The series returns back to Three Pines when at an after party for Clara's new solo show, a woman is murdered. The body is not found until the next morning (in Peter and Clara's garden). The body is eventually found to be an estranged friend of Clara's, a former hated art critic and an all around unpleasant person. But she was a recovering alcoholic, which introduces a number of elements about the possibility of change. Beauvoir (Gamache's second in command) continues to deal with issues raised in the last book and not fully solved here (or in the next book).
My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/a-trick-of-the-light-chief-inspector-gamache-7-by-louis-penny/
So enjoyable. She's created something special with this series. Satisfying and comforting fare.
