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The Cruellest Month - Louise Penny
The Cruellest Month
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It's Easter, and on a glorious Spring day in peaceful Three Pines, someone waits for night to fall. They plan to raise the dead... When Chief Inspector Gamache of the Surete du Quebec arrives the next morning, he faces an unusual crime scene. A séance in an old abandoned house has gone... show more
It's Easter, and on a glorious Spring day in peaceful Three Pines, someone waits for night to fall. They plan to raise the dead...

When Chief Inspector Gamache of the Surete du Quebec arrives the next morning, he faces an unusual crime scene. A séance in an old abandoned house has gone horrifically wrong and someone has been seemingly frightened to death.

In indyllic Three Pines, terrible secrets lie buried, and even Gamache has something to hide. One of his own team is about to betray him. But how far will they go to ensure Gamache's downfall?
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9780748129645
Publisher: Sphere
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
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Lindsay's Book Log
Lindsay's Book Log rated it
2.0 The Cruelest Month
I'm not sure if I was just in a slump or what but the beginning of this book was killing me I was so bored and didn't care. The second half of the book was better but the sub plot seemed odd and a bit slap dash even though it's been set up for three books. I don't know maybe I just wasn't actually i...
Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it
4.0 An Older Three Pines
I really need to get a timeline down on the events that have happened to our main character and the villagers of Three Pines. Both seem tied together in my head, but you realize that things have occurred to Chief Inspector Armand that colors how he investigates now. I really wish we had gotten more ...
Books & Chocolate
Books & Chocolate rated it
3.0 The Cruelest Month
This is the third book in the series, and Inspector Gamache is back in Three Pines for another murder. I don't read many series where the community is just as much a key part of the overall story as the basic plot. Usually, it's too many people for me to keep track of and I prefer more streamlined s...
Evaine's Books, Books and More Books
Evaine's Books, Books and More Books rated it
4.5 The Cruellest Month by Louise Penny - My Thoughts
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has firmly established himself as one of my very most favourite book detectives up there with Benjamin January (Barbara Hambly) and Trixie Belden (Julie Campbell/Katheryn Kenny). I love him, it's as simple as that. The Cruellest Month is the 3rd of the Inspector Gam...
Carpe Librum
Carpe Librum rated it
4.0 The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
This series is habit forming. I have quickly devoured the first three books and have the fourth downloading right now. The characters are eccentric to an unrealistic extreme, and no town with this many people dying would be termed idyllic, as Three Pines often is. But somehow as you read this beauti...
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