It is Winter Carnival in Quebec City, bitterly cold and surpassingly beautiful. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has come not to join the revels but...
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Jan 09, 2012
Barbara
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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 g 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 g More...
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Jun 11, 2011
Mary
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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
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Jan 01, 2011
Laura
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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 Gamach
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Feb 14, 2012
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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 l 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 l More...
Feb 12, 2012
Nancy
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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 t
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Feb 07, 2012
Rusty
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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 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 More...
Jan 29, 2012
Martin
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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.
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Jan 19, 2012
Stefan
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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.
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Jan 18, 2012
Marleen
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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.
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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.
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Nov 27, 2011
Kerry
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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 t
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Nov 21, 2011
BookBrowse Editor Davina
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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. 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. More...
Nov 13, 2011
Barbara
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Louise Penny gets better and better. Bury Your Dead still is infused with Penny's signature quiet style and subtle movements, but she again has added more depth to her characters and plot. Only one of her three storylines takes place in the quirky village of Three Pines, although there is some intertwining.
At the end of her prior novel, The Brutal Telling, one of the resident eccentric characters of Three Pines has been imprisoned for murder. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, our thought More...
At the end of her prior novel, The Brutal Telling, one of the resident eccentric characters of Three Pines has been imprisoned for murder. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, our thought More...
Oct 14, 2011
Hoover Public Library
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Armand Gamache of the Surete de Quebec is back to solve another mystery. This time he is in Quebec City recuperating from a dramatic police hostage negotiation that went horribly wrong and got several of Gamache's men killed in the line of duty. As he wanders around old Quebec trying to put down old ghosts, he is drawn into the killing of a Francophone researcher in the basement of an Angolphile library. There is much to learn about the controversy of French versus English in this lovely cozy
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Sep 18, 2011
Lesismore
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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.
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"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.
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"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.
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Sep 04, 2011
Susan
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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 agai 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 agai More...
May 08, 2011
Suzanne
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May 07, 2011
Knitme23
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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 liste
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Apr 19, 2011
Diane
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The audiobook version of this book was my companion through most of March and early April as I schlepped my way to and from school. I choose my audio books the same way many people choose all their reading, with a quick browse through the "new stuff" section. I must confess I had never heard of Canadian author Louise Penny but I now intend to go back and read all five of the titles that precede this one. Bury Your Dead is the sixth in a mystery series featuring Chief Inspector Gamac
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Mar 02, 2011
CoffeeBook
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Although Bury Your Dead may be part of a series, I found it comfortable and substantially easy to fall into the story. Just enough history for each character is pulled in from prior Gamache stories so that the reader isn't confused. It can certainly function as a stand alone. And even though there are two mysteries investigated, Louise Penny successfully layers each story with solid characters and rich writing so that no detail is missed - you can feel the crunch of snow underfoot as Gamache wal
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Feb 26, 2011
Deb
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This is the best Inspector Gamache book in the series so far! I stayed up until 1 am last night to finish it. That hasn't happened in a long time.
Penny masterfully weaves three stories into one. Gamache is in Quebec City recuperating mentally and physically from a tragic terrorist plot in which four of his agents were killed, and he and Jean-Guy Beauvoir were critically injured. He's staying with his friend and mentor Emile Comeau when a well-known Quebecois citizen is found mu More...
Penny masterfully weaves three stories into one. Gamache is in Quebec City recuperating mentally and physically from a tragic terrorist plot in which four of his agents were killed, and he and Jean-Guy Beauvoir were critically injured. He's staying with his friend and mentor Emile Comeau when a well-known Quebecois citizen is found mu More...
Feb 08, 2011
Mary
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Living in Chicago during a week of snow, ice and cold, I related very well to this Canadian mystery set in Quebec City during Winter Carnival. Louise Penny is a new pleasant discovery for me and Bury Your Dead is a great mystery with a wonderful sense of place, well developed characterization, and an intricate plot.
Bury Your Dead is her sixth Inspector Armand Gamache novel.Gamache is a character who is totally worth the reader's respect. While on vacation to recover from a devastating i More...
Bury Your Dead is her sixth Inspector Armand Gamache novel.Gamache is a character who is totally worth the reader's respect. While on vacation to recover from a devastating i More...
Feb 05, 2011
Goose
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Due to the nature of this mystery, it is difficult to say much about it without spoilers of some kind. However, I will try. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is in Quebec City recovering from injuries suffered in a case, that the reader learns about in ingeniously layered flashbacks, when a body turns up at the Literary and Historical Society library. The investigating officer recognizes Gamache and asks for his help. Meanwhile, Jean Guy Beauvoir has returned to the village of Three Pines to re-exa
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Jan 08, 2011
Jennifer
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Although there is still some of the secondary story happening in Three Pines the main stage for this mystery has moved to Quebec City in the dead of winter. Armand Gamache is there recovering from a terrible incident that badly injured and killed members of his team. Both he and Beauvoir his second in command took severe injury to their bodies and spirits. Gamache is spending his days with his former mentor and reading about the famous battle on the Plains of Abraham in a gorgeous old Anglophone
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Dec 15, 2010
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is visiting an old friend in Quebec city, taking time off after a recent major case. Gamache tries to lose himself in the library of the literary and historical society, but winds up investigating a murder instead. Augustin Renaud, a well known researcher of Samuel de Champlain (the founder of Quebec) is found buried in the society’s basement, and Gamache must dig deeper into the past of the city while also coming to terms with recent events.
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Dec 11, 2010
Tracy
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This is the second Inspector Gamache book I've read and it's her latest. This one is really different as Inspector Gamache apparently made a mistake in an investigation that cost lives, including almost his own. He's on "holiday" recuperating with his old friend in a town in Quebec. A body is found dead in the library of the Literary and Historical Society, where Gamache spends a lot of his time reading English history. He gets somewhat dragged into helping the local police solve the m
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Nov 22, 2010
Diane
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fter having enjoyed Louise Penny's last mystery, The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Armand Gamache Mysteries), I was anxious to journey with the charming, on his toes, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache once again. For those of you not familiar with this series, he is the top homicide squad detective of the Surete du Quebec. Previous books have been taken place in the not so peaceful town of Three Pines, but this time the story, actually (3) separate stories takes the reader outsid
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Nov 13, 2010
Bury Your Dead, by Louise Penny, A-minus, narrated by Ralph Cosham, produced by Macmillan Audio, downloaded from audible.com.
This is the sixth, I believe, in the Inspector Armand Gamache series. Here, the inspector is in Quebec City to recover from a police raid he led which went horribly wrong. He needs to recover physically and mentally, and he is staying with his oldest friend and mentor. He goes to the Literary and Historic Society Library to research older French history. He More...
This is the sixth, I believe, in the Inspector Armand Gamache series. Here, the inspector is in Quebec City to recover from a police raid he led which went horribly wrong. He needs to recover physically and mentally, and he is staying with his oldest friend and mentor. He goes to the Literary and Historic Society Library to research older French history. He More...
Nov 03, 2010
Gail
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The eagerly awaited sixth Armand Gamache tale by the remarkable Louise Penny has just arrived and I’m all ears – literally because it is read by the award winning voice performer Ralph Cosham. Having narrated all titles in this sterling series Cosham is a standard bearer for voice performance, perfectly reflecting with tone, nuance, and anticipatory pause the sophisticated, complex mystery unfolding before us.
Moving easily from The Brutal Telling, Penny's last in this ser More...
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Nov 01, 2010
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Oct 19, 2010
Beth
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This is a stunning story. As it opens, Armand Gamache is reliving the worst moments of his life. A search and rescue mission has gone terribly wrong; people under his command have died and others have been badly wounded. Gamache lives with the decisions he made but he is steeped in sorrow because of what he believes were his bad choices. He is consumed by , “if only….”
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