ISBN:
9780312541163
How I Read It: Paperback purchased by me.
How I Read It: Paperback purchased by me.
My Rating: 4 Crowns
Synopsis: No one
liked CC de Poitiers – not her family, not her lover, not her neighbors in
Three Pines. Still, when Chief Inspector
Armand Gamache is called to investigate CC’s sudden death on the day after
Christmas, it seems like an impossible murder.
How could she have been electrocuted in the midst of a curling match in
Three Pines – and without anyone seeing a thing?
A Quebec winter is not only beautiful but deadly, as Gamache digs for
dangerous secrets beneath the surface of village life, while something even
more chilling is coming for Gamache himself.
My Review: Several
years ago, I read my first Louise Penny novel and instantly became a huge fan
of her writing. Before reading this one,
I briefly looked at what other fans thought of it, and I saw that some didn’t like
this one as well as the others.
I’m saying right now – do not listen to them! I see where they’re coming from, CC is truly despicable
and the reader, like CC’s peers, will not really feel any sympathy for
her. I certainly don’t wish anyone ill,
whether they are real people or fictional, but sometimes someone just has
something coming to them. Rather than
feeling extremely sad about CC being murdered, we instead get to see how her
behavior in life affected those around her, and that is what inspired sympathy
in me.
As a result of CC’s general life attitude, most of the people in this
book have a motive for murder. The
people of Three Pines, who are usually so loving and caring, have a general
consensus that she is very unpleasant and doesn’t fit in. Some of them have been crushed by CC in one
way or another, providing the potential motive for them. And for others, you have to look a little
deeper.
Three Pines is a closely knit community, but it’s also one of secrets. Most of the people who live there aren’t
natives to the area, and haven’t really revealed their full past to their
neighbors and friends. Even the ones who
have lived there keep their secrets close.
It provides a very interesting setting that combines both the small town
community where people know each other so well, and the opportunity for something
horrific to occur and that same group of people coming together to keep that
secret.
Anyone who has read this series will be a bit familiar with most of
the cast of characters – we were introduced to a lot of them in the first book
in this series, Still Life, and
because it’s the same community, the reader can appreciate the way they all
work together. I loved returning to
them, the story made me wish I was a vacationer in Three Pines!
Chief Inspector Gamache is as wonderful as always. He’s the kind of fatherly figure everyone
wants to have in their lives, such a charming and wonderful man who has an
endless capacity for good. We get a
little more information about the case that has been haunting Gamache, just
enough to wonder how it will develop further in the next book.
This is by far one of my favorite mystery series, I absolutely love it
and each book has me wishing I had the time to read the next one right away.
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