Questions About All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)

by Louise Penny (Goodreads Author)

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On page 94 (Kindle edition) and BAM! A Ruth Zardo poem! I've included it in the quotes from this book...and wonder if anyone else would love for Louse Penny to publish a book of poems, either as herself or under the nom de plume of Ruth Zardo? ~ I am blown away by Louise's poetic gift and skill.

dnsyl57 Louise Penny has mentioned in numerous interviews over the years that the majority of the poems are actually used by permission and written by Margare…moreLouise Penny has mentioned in numerous interviews over the years that the majority of the poems are actually used by permission and written by Margaret Atwood. She has also used poems by Leonard Cohen and other authors in the past. (less)

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Since this is part of a series can I read this if I have not read the others?

Lisa I would say this is a series best read in order, as Louise Penny puts a great deal of focus on the characters, their relationships, etc.

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list of characters?

Julier (Here's a list I compiled, especially helpful for readers of audio version. I could not find a character list online.)
ARMAND GAMACHE
REINE-MARIE GAMAC…more(Here's a list I compiled, especially helpful for readers of audio version. I could not find a character list online.)
ARMAND GAMACHE
REINE-MARIE GAMACHE - Armand’s wife

ANNIE Gamache BEAUVOIR- Armand’s daughter; attorney ( pregnant)
HONORE- son of Annie and Jean-Guy Beauvoir
JEAN-GUY BEAUVOIR-Gamache’s former second in command; Annie’s husband; quit the Surete du Quebec and is now working for GHS, a private engineering corporation
DANIEL GAMACHE- Armand’s estranged son; banker
ROSLYN GAMACHE- Daniel’s wife
FLORENCE AND ZORA GAMACHE– children of Daniel and Roslyn
ZORA - Armand’s adopted grandmother (deceased)

STEPHEN HOROWITZ- Armand’s 93-year-old billionaire godfather
AGNES MCGILLICUDDY -Stephen's long-time secretary/personal assistant.

CLAUDE DUSSAULT- Prefect of Police in Paris, former friend from Quebec
MONIQUE DUSSAULT - wife of Claude Dussault, Prefect of Paris police.
(COMMANDER) IRENA FONTAINE: second-in-command to Dussault, Paris police.

ALEXANDER FRANCIS PLESSNER – elderly (Canadian) man found murdered in Stephen's apartment; friend and business associate of Stephen

(MADAME) CAROLE GOSSETTE- Beauvoir’s boss at GHS; his mentor
(MADAME) SÉVERINE ARBOUR - Beauvoir’s deputy department head at GHS-elegant & polished; 40’s.
EUGENIE ROQUEBRUNE – head of GHS, the company Jean-Guy now works for.

MONSIEUR LOISELLE - a security guard at the GHS

(MADAME) ALLIDA LENOIR - head of the Paris Archives Nationales; - legendary skills
JUDITH DE LA GRANGER - Chief Librarian for France

BERNARD DE LA COUTU - curator in the Louvre’s Department of Paintings. (referred by artist Clara Morrow, old friend of Gamaches)
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I have a question about the mortgage but when I try to mark this as spoilers, it's still visible. I'll try to put it as a hidden reply?

Lynne

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I'm a big Penny fan (early books) and disliked last year's 'A better man'. I was told to forgive Penny her grief, and to see the book as a return to her life without her beloved husband. Should I get over myself and buy 'All the devils are here'? Is it a return to Penny's best writing?

Linda Still If you have never lost a spouse, you have no clue of the pain associated with "to forgive Penny her grief" is extremely insensitive. Penny explains in…moreIf you have never lost a spouse, you have no clue of the pain associated with "to forgive Penny her grief" is extremely insensitive. Penny explains in the acknowledgements section the struggle she's gone through in a very small way, but gives a hint as to why the setting for this book is Paris. I loved this book and it had me captivated.(less)

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