The Brutal Telling

The Brutal Telling

2009

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Average rating4.3

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The wise and beleaguered Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines The Brutal Telling, the fifth book in Louise Penny's #1 New York Times bestselling series. Chaos is coming, old son. With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. Everybody goes to Olivier's Bistro—including a stranger whose murdered body is found on the floor. When Chief Inspector Gamache is called to investigate, he is dismayed to discover that Olivier's story is full of holes. Why are his fingerprints all over the cabin that's uncovered deep in the wilderness, with priceless antiques and the dead man's blood? And what other secrets and layers of lies are buried in the seemingly idyllic village? Gamache follows a trail of clues and treasures—from first editions of Charlotte's Web and Jane Eyre to a spiderweb with a word mysteriously woven in it—into the woods and across the continent, before returning to Three Pines to confront the truth and the final, brutal telling. *BONUS CONTENT: This edition of Brutal Telling includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide.

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19 primary books20 released books

Chief Inspector Gamache Mysteries

Chief Inspector Gamache Mysteries is a 20-book series with 19 primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Louise Penny.

Still Life
A Fatal Grace
The Cruelest Month
A Rule Against Murder
The Brutal Telling
Bury Your Dead
The Hangman
A Trick of the Light
The beautiful mystery
How the Light Gets In
The Long Way Home
The Nature of the Beast

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Well this was fantastic. The best in the series so far.

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Wow. That's all. Just wow.

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