Questions About Dead Cold (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #2)

by Louise Penny (Goodreads Author)

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After finishing the book, I am still puzzled about one thing. At the beginning of the story, Elle told Clara that she had always loved her artwork. When did Elle see Clara's artwork? Did they ever meet before that day?

Chris Hinkle It seems clear to me that Louise Penny is letting the readers believe (with Clara and Gamache) that if they didn't actually meet God, then something p…moreIt seems clear to me that Louise Penny is letting the readers believe (with Clara and Gamache) that if they didn't actually meet God, then something pretty close to that happened. El's knowledge of what Clara needed to hear, like the lemon pie, confirms the presence of grace.(less)

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In which book does Gamache and Beauvoir get seriously hurt? I seem to have missed that one, and later books allude to a terrible incident (involves a videotape) that I cannot figure out.

Terri Penny's books are chronological and each book references past cases. Still Life, the first book, references the Arnot case but no others. At the end o…morePenny's books are chronological and each book references past cases. Still Life, the first book, references the Arnot case but no others. At the end of Still Life, Gamache and Beauvoir are injured in the collapse of the stairs in the Hadley house. Gamache's leg is broken and Beauvoir has a head injury. Those are the injuries to which they refer in A Fatal Grace.
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What is the significance of the lemon meringue pie?

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I didn't understand the ending. In the conversation Gamache and his wife were having as they drove away from Three Pines what is the significance of Billy Williams telling Reine-Marie that is was good to see Gamache again and the slice of lemon meringue pie he sent to Gamache?

Phrynne Page 266. The fisherman Gamache describes as God was eating lemon meringue pie. He also wrote four lines on the wall which Gamache copied and kept. Pr…morePage 266. The fisherman Gamache describes as God was eating lemon meringue pie. He also wrote four lines on the wall which Gamache copied and kept. Presumably they are the four lines he quotes at the end of the book.
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I am reading the books more-or-less in order (I read a later one first before I knew they were a series), and I thought Gamache's family was wife, Reine-Marie; daughter, Annie and her husband; and son, either Philippe or Daniel (?) who has a wife and one or two small daughters. But on page 125 while talking with Michel Brebeuf, he mentions a son named Luc. Was this a typo, or does he have two sons, or...?

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Are Louise Penny's books religious in nature? Book #2 already mentions god quite a bit, so I'm curious.

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