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A review by cooperca
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
4.0
Chief Inspector Gamache and Three Pines are back together again. I'm beginning to wonder if there will be any residents left in Three Pines by the time I get to the latest installment of this series. It seems to be a place people get killed (reminds me of Cabot Cove, Maine in Murder She wrote...ha!).
An old man is found murdered in Olivier and Gabri's pub. No one admits to knowing the murdered man, but Gamache knows some are lying. With the old Hadley House being converted into a luxury spa & hotel, the town looks to become more visible to visitors. When a hidden homemade cottage is discovered, the historical and priceless items inside open up more secrets and more perplexing clues.
Ms. Penny continues to provide a nicely paced mystery with twists and turns that take us to unexpected places. Getting to know the residents of Three Pines, knowing one could be the killer hard to fathom. When it's discovered that the body has been moved not once but twice, that compounds the situation and the motives behind the killing. When the Three Pines resident is arrested for the murder, we just know it can't be. The book ends on a question mark if the Chief really arrested the actual killer.
An old man is found murdered in Olivier and Gabri's pub. No one admits to knowing the murdered man, but Gamache knows some are lying. With the old Hadley House being converted into a luxury spa & hotel, the town looks to become more visible to visitors. When a hidden homemade cottage is discovered, the historical and priceless items inside open up more secrets and more perplexing clues.
Ms. Penny continues to provide a nicely paced mystery with twists and turns that take us to unexpected places. Getting to know the residents of Three Pines, knowing one could be the killer hard to fathom. When it's discovered that the body has been moved not once but twice, that compounds the situation and the motives behind the killing. When the Three Pines resident is arrested for the murder, we just know it can't be. The book ends on a question mark if the Chief really arrested the actual killer.