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Hopefully the last one of these I three-star for a while.

A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15) by Louise Penny

April 26, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Not too much to say about this one. Not one of my favorites of this series. Parts of it I really liked, and parts of it I really did not. It’s been over a month now, and I’ve read 1,000 books since then, so I’m really not remembering specifics here. I remember there was a missing woman, and that plotline was interesting. I wished I was more interested in the plotline where Gamache comes back to be the head of the homicide department, a move […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: A Better Man, Canadian, chief inspector armand gamache, crime, Louise Penny, murder, murder mystery, mystery, narfna

narfna's CBR14 Review No:51 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: A Better Man, Canadian, chief inspector armand gamache, crime, Louise Penny, murder, murder mystery, mystery, narfna ·
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“She was beginning to see how quickly something completely normal could suddenly seem sinister, if you chose to see it that way.”

A Better Man by Louise Penny

May 4, 2021 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

It has long been my habit to try to read each Inspector Gamache book in the month or season it is set, and by happy coincidence A Better Man, the fifteenth book in the series, is set in April. Delayed spring, occasional flooding, and a final snowstorm are all hallmarks of April in my neck of the woods, so I felt right at home with Gamache and the residents of Three Pines. Structurally we are with Gamache and company for one single case, with stunningly […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: A Better Man, faintingviolet, Inspector Gamache, Louise Penny, parenthood, Three Pines

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: A Better Man, faintingviolet, Inspector Gamache, Louise Penny, parenthood, Three Pines ·
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Is there anyone NOT reading this series? If so, what is the matter with you??

A Better Man by Louise Penny

December 4, 2019 by kella Leave a Comment

Seriously though, there are enough Cannonballers who are on the Inspector Gamache train, that this should just be required reading. Amirite? [Review is semi-spoilery, depending on where you are in the series] Due to his questionable (yet, effective) methods of cracking a drug ring in the last book, Inspector Gamache found himself stripped of his title as head of the Quebec police department. This book sees him accepting a demotion and returning to his previous role as head of homicide. It’s a decision that is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: A Better Man, Canada, Fiction, Inspector Gamache, Louise Penny, mystery, quebec

kella's CBR11 Review No:42 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: A Better Man, Canada, Fiction, Inspector Gamache, Louise Penny, mystery, quebec ·
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Full Circle for Armand Gamache

A Better Man by Louise Penny

October 29, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

So this is a very good Louise Penny book following the Armand Gamache and another change in his professional and personal life. I gave “Kingdom of the Blind” three stars due to that whole opiod epidemic thing that still gives me hives when it is referred to in this book. I think Penny is a bit repetitive at times, but not as badly as she has been in the past. Though I gave this five stars, I honestly think this is a 4.5 star book (I rounded […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: A Better Man, Canada, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #15, mystery

Classic's CBR11 Review No:277 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: A Better Man, Canada, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #15, mystery ·
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