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Bury Your Dead (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #6)
by
Louise Penny
As Quebec City shivers in the grip of winter, it's ancient stone walls cracking in the cold, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache plunges into the strangest case of his celebrated career. A man has been brutally murdered in one of the city's oldest buildings - a library where the English citizens of Quebec safeguard their history. And the death opens a door into the past, exposi...more
Paperback, 470 pages
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by Sphere
(first published January 1st 2010)
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This is quite a moving tale about Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his struggle to come to terms with a horrific event for which he feels responsible. His need for healing, both mentally and physically, takes him to the home of his friend and mentor, Emile Comeau in Québec City. Gamache finds peace in a local English library, the Literary and Historical Society, where he digs into documents about the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. He is pulled from this to become involved (reluctantly) in a...more
I seldom give five stars to a book and I'm delighted to do so with Bury Your Dead. I read this at the beginning of my Christmas holiday and it was a perfect book to pull me out of my work world down into relaxation. I couldn't put it down.
It's actually about three crimes in one book: a terrorist plot barely averted, from which Chief Inspector Armande Gamache of the Surete du Quebec's homicide division is recovering; a murder in a small tourist village by the Vermont border for whom a greedy gay...more
It's actually about three crimes in one book: a terrorist plot barely averted, from which Chief Inspector Armande Gamache of the Surete du Quebec's homicide division is recovering; a murder in a small tourist village by the Vermont border for whom a greedy gay...more
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Mar 20, 2013
Cook Memorial Public Library
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Shelves:
mystery
Make sure to read this wonderful series in order! Start with "Still Life.''
Recommended by Ellen and Jo
Ellen's review: Louise Penny just keeps getting better!
In this sixth book in the Three Pines series, Chief Inspector Armande Gamache is taking a break from work to heal physically and emotionally from the explosive events that ended the previous book and is staying with his old boss and mentor in Old Quebec City. Unfortunately, murderers don't take breaks and Gamache is sucked into the investig...more
Recommended by Ellen and Jo
Ellen's review: Louise Penny just keeps getting better!
In this sixth book in the Three Pines series, Chief Inspector Armande Gamache is taking a break from work to heal physically and emotionally from the explosive events that ended the previous book and is staying with his old boss and mentor in Old Quebec City. Unfortunately, murderers don't take breaks and Gamache is sucked into the investig...more
So very well done! I could only gasp in surprise when the murderers were uncovered.
The author tracks two mysteries while a third event saps the emotions of the storytellers as they reflect on the outcome and the deaths of their fellow law enforcement officers. And, it's all flawlessly done.
One mystery revolves around the murder of an passionate amateur believed by many to be insane as he seeks the body of Champlain, father of Quebec. The other is the re-investigation of a murder for which a man...more
The author tracks two mysteries while a third event saps the emotions of the storytellers as they reflect on the outcome and the deaths of their fellow law enforcement officers. And, it's all flawlessly done.
One mystery revolves around the murder of an passionate amateur believed by many to be insane as he seeks the body of Champlain, father of Quebec. The other is the re-investigation of a murder for which a man...more
I was hoping to have discovered a "new" series to enjoy since this book is apparently the sixth Inspector Gamache adventure but sadly I was not that impressed. I enjoyed the tidbits of Quebec history and the descriptions of Old Quebec but the story itself lagged and finally just became uninteresting. It didn't help that there were three seperate plots to keep track of. Sometimes this kind of writing works but not in this case, it was just annoying, mainly because one or possibly two of the plot...more
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I'm really impressed with the intertwining of three mysteries in this latest Gamache mystery. The first is off-stage: who kidnapped Paul Morin, why, and what happened to Gamache and his team, told in flashbacks (on Gamache's part) and in narrative (from Jean-Guy). The second is Gamache's request that Jean-Guy unofficially reopen the case against Olivier (because, as Gabri keeps asking, "why would he have moved the body"?), flashing back to The Brutal Telling. And the third is Gamache helping (ag...more
This is an exceptionally good detective novel, with a storyline and character development far beyond the average. As another reviewer says, it reads like good literary fiction, but with the added benefit of a compelling, page-turner of a plot.
The plot itself is a real beauty - a complex interweaving of the three different stories. If you're interested in the art of writing, this book is reading purely to study how well it is plotted.
Penny does a masterful job with evoking the sense of place too...more
The plot itself is a real beauty - a complex interweaving of the three different stories. If you're interested in the art of writing, this book is reading purely to study how well it is plotted.
Penny does a masterful job with evoking the sense of place too...more
I have to admit that "Trick of the Light" (Book #7) first but I like this one better, probably because the plot had more resonance with me. Having a murder mystery with a historical mystery layered into it was really interesting to me. The book itself was very well paced, the mutiple storylines were deftly handled and interwoven.
The prose is beautiful, as always. The descriptions of Quebec in winter are obviously penned by a local who loves the province and that's always to see. I also thought...more
The prose is beautiful, as always. The descriptions of Quebec in winter are obviously penned by a local who loves the province and that's always to see. I also thought...more
Armand Gamache is on medical leave after a devastating attack on his unit who were trying to rescue a kednapped agent. While away, he visits Emile Comeau in Quebec City and does some more research on the Plains of Abraham battle. Using the Literary and Historical Society library, he makes friends with several of the volunteers, one of whom asks him to help in the investigation into the death of Augustin Renaud, a fanatic on the whereabouts of Samuel Champain's body. Renaud's own body had been fo...more
I'm a huge fan of Louise Penny's Armand Gamache series. I've loved all the books of the series, of course some more than others but to me the Armand Gamache series is awesome. The series has it all: great characters, great storylines and the best setting possible...Canada! Ok, Quebec. But it has the Canadian touch.
This book did not disappoint. The Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is in Quebec City to recover from a terrible accident. He needs time to recover pshycally and also psycologically. And...more
This book did not disappoint. The Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is in Quebec City to recover from a terrible accident. He needs time to recover pshycally and also psycologically. And...more
I loved this book. It is the first of the Louise Penny novels I have hread. There are only two at our library in audiobook form, and this one was a winter one, and I like to read books in season.
I think it stands alone, however. You don't need to read the others first. What was so great about it was that it told 2 stories simultaneously, one in the present, and one a few months ago in the past, and interweaves them so well. The characters are complex and well-developed, and some grow and learn i...more
I think it stands alone, however. You don't need to read the others first. What was so great about it was that it told 2 stories simultaneously, one in the present, and one a few months ago in the past, and interweaves them so well. The characters are complex and well-developed, and some grow and learn i...more
Loved this book!! It is the sixth in the Inspector Gamache series, but only the second I have read. I am eager to read the ones I have missed.I appreciate the suspense and detail without the gore of most crime/mystery novels.
I did read the fifth book, A Brutal Telling. While I think you can read them on their own, I was glad to have read the previous book. Some of the story did carry over.
Bury Your Dead has several mysteries and storylines. There is a continuation to a mystery Gamache feels was...more
I did read the fifth book, A Brutal Telling. While I think you can read them on their own, I was glad to have read the previous book. Some of the story did carry over.
Bury Your Dead has several mysteries and storylines. There is a continuation to a mystery Gamache feels was...more
This volume of the Chief Inspector Gamache series finds Gamache in Old Quebec City, trying to get over a traumatic event which left him and Beauvoir injured. He is staying with an old boss, and doing some historical research in the Literary and Historicaly Society library (shorted to Lit His) when a body turns up in the basement there, and he is asked to help out by the Inspector who is investigating. Besides the fact that he is the Chief Inspector for the Quebec Surete, he is also a fluent Engl...more
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Louise Penny is incredible at crafting a mystery with engaging, and very likeable, characters. There is also a story line that keeps you guessing, always. (I knew who one of the murderers was, by halfway through the book, but not the other one.) I was totally engrossed, and Penny did not disappoint, yet again.
This book refers to her last one (The Brutal Telling) by reviewing the murder from the last book, with new results. But the main focus of Bury Your Dead is a murder of a man who has spent...more
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‘Bury Your Dead’ by Louise Penny
Published by Sphere, February 2011. ISBN: 978-1-86744-438-7
Bury Your Dead is set mainly in Quebec City, although Jean-Guy Beauvoir is despatched by Chief Inspector Armand Gouache to the village of Three Pines for a short holiday, but in truth to make further investigation into the murder of the hermit which was resolved in The Brutal Telling, and about which Armand Gouache is uneasy.
It’s quite a fascinating book, dealing as it does with three stories, that of the...more
Published by Sphere, February 2011. ISBN: 978-1-86744-438-7
Bury Your Dead is set mainly in Quebec City, although Jean-Guy Beauvoir is despatched by Chief Inspector Armand Gouache to the village of Three Pines for a short holiday, but in truth to make further investigation into the murder of the hermit which was resolved in The Brutal Telling, and about which Armand Gouache is uneasy.
It’s quite a fascinating book, dealing as it does with three stories, that of the...more
Bury Your Dead is the sixth book in the Inspector Gamache series. This book is an amazing tour de force by author Louise Penny. The book contains two parallel murder inquiries: one the murder of an archeologist in Quebec City; the other, a re-examination of a murder in Three Pines for which someone has already been convicted. Overarching these inquiries is Gamache’s coming to terms with a tragic police hostage rescue mission that occurred several months previously. Penny does an excellent job of...more
What Louise Penny does is create a small, intimate world, while creating a sense of place so pervasive you feel you know it. Canada is rarely featured in best-selling books, and to have it so celebrated is wonderful. It is Quebec, to be sure, but the Quebec of Anglo-culture, and so, it is the Canadian Quebec.
Most powerful, for me, is the way she builds quiet characters of amazing strength and depth. These are not cartoon-brilliant people. They are, for the most part, fully-fleshed out, but rath...more
Most powerful, for me, is the way she builds quiet characters of amazing strength and depth. These are not cartoon-brilliant people. They are, for the most part, fully-fleshed out, but rath...more
May 12, 2012
Matthew Iden
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2 of 5 stars
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Recommended to Matthew by:
Frank Gallivan
Shelves:
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Many readers have fallen in love with Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache books, especially Bury Your Dead, and it’s easy to see why. Her descriptions of place are gentle and thorough, lifting every cover and opening every cupboard of a setting until we feel that we’re strolling down the streets of Old Quebec or pushing our way through the waist-high snow of a Canadian village.
Her characters are also the beneficiaries of this intelligent and pleasant cataloging. We’re treated to wonderful physical...more
Her characters are also the beneficiaries of this intelligent and pleasant cataloging. We’re treated to wonderful physical...more
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Bury Your Dead, Louise Penny’s follow up to The Brutal Telling, takes place in and around Québec City during Carnival. This book is a little different in structure from most of Penny’s books since it revolves around three separate and distinct story threads.
As the book opens, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec is recuperating from physical and emotional wounds at the home of Emile Comeau, his former boss and longtime mentor. While he’s in Québec, Gamache, with his lovable dog...more
As the book opens, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec is recuperating from physical and emotional wounds at the home of Emile Comeau, his former boss and longtime mentor. While he’s in Québec, Gamache, with his lovable dog...more
Feb 12, 2012
Nancy
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4 of 5 stars
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Of the 6 books to date, I enjoyed this one the most. The interweaving of the 4 mysteries (in 3 stories) was well-done and I never felt impatient about leaving one storyline for another. There was emotional weight that carried well, to the very end. That being said, this is not a suspenseful, on-the-edge-of-your-seat book, anymore than the previous books in the series. I tend to have more of a curiosity about where she will end up, rather than feeling any tension in the story. The mysteries thems...more
More than others in the series, it would be a mistake to read this novel before having completed its predecessor "The Brutal Telling". This story involves two apparently independent mysteries, the one being a follow-on to the conclusion of "The Brutal Telling," the other, being a hunt for the murderer of a controversial character Augustin Renaud, seeker of the grave of the founder of Quebec City, Samuel de Champlain.
To enjoy the Inspector Gamache series, you must like police procedurals and cha...more
To enjoy the Inspector Gamache series, you must like police procedurals and cha...more
It explodes at the end, but before that it's lacking the sort of suspense one might expect in a mystery novel. The revelations aren't very, well revelatory. Often a character will say ".it was probably X that happened." In most mystery books, you would be shocked to find out it was 'y' all along, but and the author dropped lots of subtle clues that it was so. In this book, it almost always actually IS X. There are few to no red herrings presented, which sucks a lot of the fun out.
There are four...more
There are four...more
This is a book of three stories.
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is on leave in Quebec City where he gets drawn into a murder in the library where he is conducting historical research. It soon becomes clear that in order to solve the present day mystery he has to look at the mysteries surrounding the founding of Quebec and Canada. In a place where the tension between the English and French populations has lead to violence in the past, the present still holds some of that tension.
Jean-Guy Beauvoir,...more
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is on leave in Quebec City where he gets drawn into a murder in the library where he is conducting historical research. It soon becomes clear that in order to solve the present day mystery he has to look at the mysteries surrounding the founding of Quebec and Canada. In a place where the tension between the English and French populations has lead to violence in the past, the present still holds some of that tension.
Jean-Guy Beauvoir,...more
I am hooked. This was the second Louise Penny mystery I listened too, actually read most of Still Life, and I know i have gone out of order--but I will now get back and read each and every one of the five others this author has written. All that to say what a great writer Penny is. BBury your Dead was a story within a story and corrected a previous mystery as well. Must history about Quebec was also woven in. That I partcularly loved. It might have been a better read than to listen to as the aut...more
Nov 21, 2011
BookBrowse Editor Davina Morgan-Witts
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Bury Your Dead was a hit our First Impressions readers, garnering thumbs up from all 23 of them. Here's what some of them had to say:
Louise Penny's Gamache will remind readers of Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti. Like Leon's novels, Penny's depend on well-crafted characters and intricate plots rather than on violence and tough macho detectives (Carol G). Fans of a good mystery that keeps the reader engaged without resorting to gratuitous bloodshed will appreciate Bury Your Dead. The story...more
Louise Penny's Gamache will remind readers of Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti. Like Leon's novels, Penny's depend on well-crafted characters and intricate plots rather than on violence and tough macho detectives (Carol G). Fans of a good mystery that keeps the reader engaged without resorting to gratuitous bloodshed will appreciate Bury Your Dead. The story...more
What I like about Louise Penny is that she is so thoughtful about her stories and characters. Her mysteries certainly aren't "thrillers" but rather slow unravelings of lives, motives and feelings. I really liked this book.
Favorite quotes:
"Did he seem better? Was he getting better? Emile thought so, but he also knew it was the internal injuries that did the most damage. The worst was always hidden." pg. 201 Emile about Gamache.
"He had a knack for annoying people, but you don't kill someone just b...more
Favorite quotes:
"Did he seem better? Was he getting better? Emile thought so, but he also knew it was the internal injuries that did the most damage. The worst was always hidden." pg. 201 Emile about Gamache.
"He had a knack for annoying people, but you don't kill someone just b...more
Life is full of mysteries, intrigue, deceit and quests. Louise Penny's mystery, one of a series involving Armand Gamache, is a really good book - and I don't usually read mysteries. Too many real ones to figure out, I guess.
The book tracks two basic stories, one involving the search for the remains of Samuel de Camplain, revered by Quebecois for centuries, and the second the search for the person who murdered "The Hermit." Both story lines intersect in the end. It's all set against a cold and be...more
The book tracks two basic stories, one involving the search for the remains of Samuel de Camplain, revered by Quebecois for centuries, and the second the search for the person who murdered "The Hermit." Both story lines intersect in the end. It's all set against a cold and be...more
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I like Louise Penny: I encountered "Still Life" as an audiobook and suddenly she was EVERYWHERE. I really enjoy the Canada/Quebec info and atmosphere that Penny creates with her writing. Audiobook-wise, the reader truly makes 2/3 of the whole experience: he is Gamache, really, and as a result I find that the books I listen to I like better than the ones I read. Bury Your Dead is ornately plotted and told, with various levels of complexity that only occurred to me after I was done listening and w...more
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Many of Louise Penny's books are published under different titles by UK/Canada and US publishers.
She lives with her husband, Michael, and a golden retriever named Trudy, in a small village south of Montreal.
Her first Armand Gamache novel, "Still Life" won the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony and Dilys Awards.
Awards:
* Agatha Award: Best Novel
o 2007 – A Fatal Grace – Winner
o 2008 –...more
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She lives with her husband, Michael, and a golden retriever named Trudy, in a small village south of Montreal.
Her first Armand Gamache novel, "Still Life" won the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony and Dilys Awards.
Awards:
* Agatha Award: Best Novel
o 2007 – A Fatal Grace – Winner
o 2008 –...more
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“It's a blessing Madame Gamache and I had at our wedding. It was read at the end of the ceremony.
Now you will feel no rain
For each of you will be shelter for the other
Now you will feel no cold
For each of you will be warmth for the other
Now there is no loneliness for you
Now there is no more loneliness.
Now you are two persons, but there is one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place
To enter into the days of your togetherness.
And may your days be good and long upon this earth.
(Apache Blessing)”
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Now you will feel no rain
For each of you will be shelter for the other
Now you will feel no cold
For each of you will be warmth for the other
Now there is no loneliness for you
Now there is no more loneliness.
Now you are two persons, but there is one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place
To enter into the days of your togetherness.
And may your days be good and long upon this earth.
(Apache Blessing)”
“Wait, Armand, he heard behind him but kept walking, ignoring the calls. Then he remembered what Emile had meant to him and still did. Did this one bad thing wipe everything else out?
That was the danger. Not that betrayals happened, not that cruel things happened, but that they could outweigh all the good. That we could forget the good and only remember the bad.
But not today. Gamache stopped.”
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That was the danger. Not that betrayals happened, not that cruel things happened, but that they could outweigh all the good. That we could forget the good and only remember the bad.
But not today. Gamache stopped.”
