The Cruelest Month (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #3) in Pick-a-Shelf

Apr 02, 2022 Booknblues rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, series, canada, kindle-unlimited, detective

I am struck that such a charming place as Three Pines, Quebec seems to have so many murders. One would love to settle there and get to know the locals but for the fact it may be dangerous.

But rest assured, that Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec, is always ready to investigate and will indeed find the culprit.

He brings with him a team of resourceful detectives.

I totally enjoyed The Cruelest Month and look forward to reading the next in the series. ...more

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May 20, 2017 Rachel rated it really liked it

I read this out of order. I started with book 4. I think I might have liked book 3 more if I'd read them in order, but I think I might like book 4 better in part because it was my first.
This book does satisfactorily address some things that were hinted at in earlier books. And they solved the murder or whatever. ...more

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May 01, 2019 Nat rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery

I think I liked this one a little less than the other two. Mostly, the interpersonal stuff is getting a little ridiculous, although it seems like finally they've wrapped that storyline up. An enjoyable mystery, but it felt like it played second fiddle to the whole Arnot thing. Unlike an Agatha Christie mystery where you really feel like anyone could have done it, here we know our main characters didn't do it so the suspense isn't as high. Nichol was still ridiculous, but slightly less so, since ...more

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Nov 20, 2017 Allison Ann rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: library

This series is getting a bit more Canadian each book. Why does everyone have to be so miserable and evil? Every tiny bit of joy and love is destroyed (poor Lilium). Sad.

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Jan 10, 2021 Susan rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, mystery, series

I'm really not sure what I enjoy about this author's Inspector Gamache stories. I don't think it's the background of Gamache's history or his relationships with his colleagues and families, about which there always seems to be a bit of a teaser. And I don't think it's the setting (though it's an intriguing little town in Quebec that I'd love to visit) or the characters (though they're a varied bunch of unique individuals). I think it's just a good, straightforward mystery, where we get the clues ...more

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Oct 01, 2020 sahra rated it it was ok

Not a fan of that book at all. I do enjoy Gamache though.

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Jun 19, 2019 Marie (UK) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019-reading-challenge

I wish i had read the previous novels in this series but having said that this one really took me in and flew off with me. The characterisation and the mix of investigation and personal life were excellent.

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