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The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

November 10, 2021 by Melanie

What I most like about Louise Penny’s books are the facts I learn from them and the curiosity to explore more deeply. I feel like a detective reading for clues. Not just “who done it” but also “what does Quebec look like?” I have been compelled to look up French words I don’t understand and wonder at the ones I remember from class sixty years ago! I have learned about Quebecois’ foods, clothing, government and politics. I have made new friends with the characters. And in this novel I have learned much about monasteries and Gregorian chant. This is a fascinating addition to the Chief Inspector Gamache collection. – Amazon Review

The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
(A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 8)

 

The brilliant new novel in the New York Times bestselling series by Louise Penny, one of the most acclaimed crime writers of our time

No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep in the wilderness of Quebec, where two dozen cloistered monks live in peace and prayer. They grow vegetables, they tend chickens, they make chocolate. And they sing. Ironically, for a community that has taken a vow of silence, the monks have become world-famous for their glorious voices, raised in ancient chants whose effect on both singer and listener is so profound it is known as “the beautiful mystery.”

But when the renowned choir director is murdered, the lock on the monastery’s massive wooden door is drawn back to admit Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Sûreté du Québec. There they discover disquiet beneath the silence, discord in the apparent harmony. One of the brothers, in this life of prayer and contemplation, has been contemplating murder. As the peace of the monastery crumbles, Gamache is forced to confront some of his own demons, as well as those roaming the remote corridors. Before finding the killer, before restoring peace, the Chief must first consider the divine, the human, and the cracks in between.

The Beautiful Mystery is the winner of the 2012 Agatha Award for best novel, the 2013 Anthony Award for best novel and the 2013 Macavity Award for best novel.

 

 

About the Author

LOUISE PENNY is the #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. She has won numerous awards, including a CWA Dagger and the Agatha Award (five times) and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. She lives in a small village south of Montréal.

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