by Louise Penny
Glass Houses begins in the present, with Gamache on the witness stand at a murder trial. The story moves back and forth between this trial and the recent past (eight months earlier) when the events leading to the murder occurred. These events began with a mysterious figure, dressed all in black – ...
4.5 starsThe thing I love most about Penny's books is the diverse humanity of her characters. Sprinkle them into her beautifully depicted settings, add a strong dose of suspense and mystery, and you have the perfect recipe for a fine read. And even though I've been married for thirty-one years, I ha...
AudiobookWhile I still love this series, I feel the hiding crucial information from your superiors for the better good is a repeat of a different book in this series. And I feel this idyllic village has turned into the highest murder per residents village in all of the world. There are so many murde...
I think I am being overly generous with four stars, but honestly, when I read a ton of books over a few days, I just go back with my gut feeling about books. So for me, this was not the worst out of the Armand Gamache series, but it was definitely not the best. I felt myself just rolling my eyes at ...
Loved it. Pure and simple, I just loved it. Again we're in the village of Three Pines, amidst the characters we've come to love - or at least like and appreciate - and there's been trouble. The book jumps between two time periods. A Montreal courtroom in the depth of a hot and humid Montreal summ...
Wow, how in the heck have I come this far in my life and never read Louise Penny before? I've known for a while that she has quite the following. And now, . . . I know why. Good Grief this was a great read for me.I spent three quarters of this book immersed in a trial without even knowing who the de...
Glass Houses, Louise Penny, author; Robert Bathurst, narrator. When the book opens, Armand Gamache, the man who is in charge of the Sûreté du Quebec, is giving testimony at a murder trial. He begins to explain about the suspicious “thing” that was dressed in a hooded black robe that had suddenly app...
A conscience - we all have one, but do we know what may be on another person's conscience or even on ours that may bother us?When a hooded figure appeared on the green in Three Pines and stayed without moving for three days, all the residents were tense and wondered what he was doing there. Did th...
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