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The Cruelest Month

Chief Inspector Gamache/Three Pines, Book 3

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By: Louise Penny
Narrated by: Adam Sims
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 'No one does atmospheric like Louise Penny' ELLY GRIFFITHS
'Altogether extraordinary' WASHINGTON POST

There 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?

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This is a SUCH a great series! Not only interesting and thought provoking, but cerebral on an academic, poetic level! I would REALLY like a copy of Ruth’s book of poems (but might give Odeille’s a miss)! It would be nice if was eventually made available to buy…

The house has taken on its own character and I like that other character’s personalities are also revealed there too! Onward to the next one.

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I'm going through this outstanding series written by Louise Penny.

The setting and the characters are outstanding.

There's nothing like a good murder to get your teeth into

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Addictive listening. The inhabitants of Three Pines, the inspector and his team leap out and assume a life of their own. Brilliant narration by Adam Sims as always. Have every intention of listening to the whole series.

Riveting

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Having read the two previous books in the series moving to the audiobook was perhaps a difficult transition and I found the narrator a little irritating - this may not be wholly fair! The storyline was not as good as the first two in the series, more complex, but still very enjoyable.

A little convoluted but still a good read!

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I like these interesting Three Pines series, involving First Nation characters along with the Quebecois and Canadian characters but got annoyed by the narrator forgetting which character’s voice he should be using. Dropping from a presumed French Quebec accent to that of almost an English gentleman for the main chatracter! Irritating!

Good story

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