The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #11)
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The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #11)
by Louise Penny
Hardly a day goes by when nine-year-old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. But when the boy disappears, the villagers are faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might have been true. And so begins a frantic search for the boy and the truth. What they uncover deep in the forest sets off a sequence of events that leads to murder, leads to an old crime, leads to an old betrayal. A monster once visited Three Pines. And put down deep roots. And now, it is back.
The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #11)
by Louise Penny
Hardly a day goes by when nine-year-old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. But when the boy disappears, the villagers are faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might have been true. And so begins a frantic search for the boy and the truth. What they uncover deep in the forest sets off a sequence of events that leads to murder, leads to an old crime, leads to an old betrayal. A monster once visited Three Pines. And put down deep roots. And now, it is back.
Another absorbing entry in the Gamache series. I've been slowly working my way through these (not necessarily in order) for the past few years ever since seeing a piece on Louise Penny on the CBS Sunday Morning show. I have enjoyed them all including this one although I thought it was outside the usual realm of Penny's arc to the series.
This book starts out from two different directions that seem to merge together as the story progresses. First a young nine-year-old boy named Laurent comes out of the woods into the bistro telling everyone that he has found a huge gun in the woods with a monster on it. Well no one believes him of course because he is always telling tales about aliens, monsters, and invasions. Then the town is disturbed when a couple want to produce a play that was written by a vicious serial killer named John Fleming. Okay, so then Laurent disappears and is found killed in the woods. At first it seems an accident by falling off his bike but then it appears that his body was moved from another location. So who could have killed a young boy and why? Well, turns out the big gun is real and has been hidden in the woods outside Three Pines since the 80s. And what about the play? Is it somehow related to the discovery of the gun and is the infamous author involved? Well all of the threads eventually come together as Gamache is now living in retirement in the quaint village.
As usual, I thought this story was quite compelling and I enjoyed the give and take of the various inhabitants of Three Pines including Ruth, the foul-mouthed poet; Clara, the artist who is recovering from the death of her husband Peter; Gabri and Olivier, the gay owners of the bistro; and Myrna, the retired psychologist and bookstore owner. Isabelle Lacoste is now the Chief Inspector, taking the place of Gamache and Jean-Guy now works for her. At first, I thought this story was quite far-fetched but then Penny tells us in her author's note at the end that the big gun really existed and was designed in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction! I've read the next book in the series but will be looking forward to no. 13—Glass Houses.
This book starts out from two different directions that seem to merge together as the story progresses. First a young nine-year-old boy named Laurent comes out of the woods into the bistro telling everyone that he has found a huge gun in the woods with a monster on it. Well no one believes him of course because he is always telling tales about aliens, monsters, and invasions. Then the town is disturbed when a couple want to produce a play that was written by a vicious serial killer named John Fleming. Okay, so then Laurent disappears and is found killed in the woods. At first it seems an accident by falling off his bike but then it appears that his body was moved from another location. So who could have killed a young boy and why? Well, turns out the big gun is real and has been hidden in the woods outside Three Pines since the 80s. And what about the play? Is it somehow related to the discovery of the gun and is the infamous author involved? Well all of the threads eventually come together as Gamache is now living in retirement in the quaint village.
As usual, I thought this story was quite compelling and I enjoyed the give and take of the various inhabitants of Three Pines including Ruth, the foul-mouthed poet; Clara, the artist who is recovering from the death of her husband Peter; Gabri and Olivier, the gay owners of the bistro; and Myrna, the retired psychologist and bookstore owner. Isabelle Lacoste is now the Chief Inspector, taking the place of Gamache and Jean-Guy now works for her. At first, I thought this story was quite far-fetched but then Penny tells us in her author's note at the end that the big gun really existed and was designed in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction! I've read the next book in the series but will be looking forward to no. 13—Glass Houses.
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