false <![CDATA[The Brutal Telling (Armand Gamache, #5)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255925789m/6449551.jpg 6449551 9 <DIV><DIV><DIV><I>Chaos is coming, old son. <P></P><DIV></I>With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. As families prepare to head back to the city and children say goodbye to summer, a stranger is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques store. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are called in to strip back layers of lies, exposing both treasures and rancid secrets buried in the wilderness. <DIV> <DIV>No one admits to knowing the murdered man, but as secrets are revealed, chaos begins to close in on the beloved bistro owner, Olivier. How did he make such a spectacular success of his business? What past did he leave behind and why has he buried himself in this tiny village? And why does every lead in the investigation find its way back to him? <P></P><DIV>As Olivier grows more frantic, a trail of clues and treasures— from first editions of <I>Charlotte’s Web </I>and <I>Jane Eyre </I>to a spider web with the word “WOE” woven in it—lead the Chief Inspector deep into the woods and across the continent in search of the truth, and finally back to Three Pines as the little village braces for the truth and the final, brutal telling.</DIV> 6639657 book 13 10 2009 The Brutal Telling (Armand Gamache, #5) total:132|5:42|4:65|3:21|2:3|1:1| 132 540 362 95 5 0 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 17:36:21 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 18:02:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 09:18:26 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 09:19:34 -0800 2009 one Author: Louise Penny
ISBN: 978-0-312-37703-8
Pages: 372
Release Date: October 2009
Publisher: Minotaur Books, St. Martin's Press
Genre: Crime Fiction
Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Publisher: Chaos is coming, old son.

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"Worse."


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This is, I believe number 5 in the Three Pines mystery series. The body of a murdered man turns up in the bistro-antique store. The m...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:18:20 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:23:34 -0700 2009
As the seasons are changing, so are lives in the village of Three Pines. The body of an unknown man of a stranger is left in the bistro and antiques stor...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 09:57:06 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 10:19:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 06:45:49 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 13:07:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 15:00:52 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 15:00:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 17:08:53 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 17:15:07 -0700 2009
The story takes place in a small village in Quebec called Three Pines. A stranger is found murdered in the village bistro, which also houses an antiqu...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 23:32:18 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 23:32:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 13:23:55 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 13:24:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 19 11:33:11 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 11:35:09 -0700 2009 The Brutal Telling is the fifth of Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache novels. Murder has once again happened in the tiny, seemingly idyllic Quebec village of Three Pines, and Chief Inspector Gamache, along with Inspectors Beauvoir and Lacoste head out from the city to solve the case. They stay...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 19:31:40 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 17:33:01 -0700 2009
(p. 3) "Chaos is coming old son, and there is no stopping it. It's taken a long time, but it is ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 16:25:54 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 18:50:33 -0800 2009
From the moment that the body of the Hermit is found, the author perfectly captures the soul of this quaint area in Quebec. I was caught up in this cozy story from the beg...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 06:58:49 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 07:16:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 14:05:13 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 13:58:53 -0700 2009
I was torn between giving 3 or 4 stars,...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 11:52:33 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 13:22:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 10:42:14 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 21:20:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 19 10:38:46 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 10:47:28 -0800 2009 at you. Her discriptions are superb, and the p...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 20:35:01 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 20:35:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6449551