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Bury Your Dead
by Louise Penny
by Louise Penny
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 library that few people seem to be aware exists. A murder is committed in this library and Gamache gets called in. Meanwhile Gamache is still troubled by (SPOILER ALERT for "The Brutal Telling")
the fact that Olivier one of the owners of the 3 Pines bistro is in jail for murder. Every week Gamache gets a letter from Olivier's partner Gabri asking "Why did he move the body?" (He being Olivier and this act of moving a body he was found guilty of murdering doesn't seem consistent so is he really guilty of murder or just of incredible greed?) The question troubles Gamache when he is not avoiding dealing with the ghost of one of his dead team members. So he sends Beauvoir to 3 Pines to make discrete inquiries.
The reason Gamache does so well at solving murders is because he understand at the heart of every murder there is a deeply personal reason held by the murderer and that reason is usually due to some deeply perceived hurt. The fact that Gamache understand that is the key to his success.
This book goes deeper into its examination of loss from a horrible tragedy. How does one cope? How does one recover? How does one honour and come to terms with the memory of those who were lost? These are things Gamache (and perhaps Beauvoir) must attempt to find answers for in order for them to move forward.
The setting of the blizzardy winter outdoors with comfy leather chairs and crackling fireplaces indoors seems well suited for ruminating on such losses.
Of course the mysteries are well-plotted but as usual for me it is the examination of the psyche that draws me in. Bravo!
the fact that Olivier one of the owners of the 3 Pines bistro is in jail for murder. Every week Gamache gets a letter from Olivier's partner Gabri asking "Why did he move the body?" (He being Olivier and this act of moving a body he was found guilty of murdering doesn't seem consistent so is he really guilty of murder or just of incredible greed?) The question troubles Gamache when he is not avoiding dealing with the ghost of one of his dead team members. So he sends Beauvoir to 3 Pines to make discrete inquiries.
The reason Gamache does so well at solving murders is because he understand at the heart of every murder there is a deeply personal reason held by the murderer and that reason is usually due to some deeply perceived hurt. The fact that Gamache understand that is the key to his success.
This book goes deeper into its examination of loss from a horrible tragedy. How does one cope? How does one recover? How does one honour and come to terms with the memory of those who were lost? These are things Gamache (and perhaps Beauvoir) must attempt to find answers for in order for them to move forward.
The setting of the blizzardy winter outdoors with comfy leather chairs and crackling fireplaces indoors seems well suited for ruminating on such losses.
Of course the mysteries are well-plotted but as usual for me it is the examination of the psyche that draws me in. Bravo!
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