The Brutal Telling

A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Volume 5)

Louise Penny

Minotaur Books

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Chaos is coming, old son. 

With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. Everybody goes to Olivier’s Bistro—including a stranger whose murdered body is found on the floor. When Chief Inspector Gamache is called to investigate, he is dismayed to discover that Olivier’s story is full of holes. Why are his fingerprints all over the cabin that’s uncovered deep in the wilderness, with priceless antiques and the dead man’s blood? And what other secrets and layers of lies are buried in the seemingly idyllic village?

Gamache follows a trail of clues and treasures—from first editions of Charlotte’s Web and Jane Eyre to a spiderweb with a word mysteriously woven in it—into the woods and across the continent, before returning to Three Pines to confront the truth and the final, brutal telling.

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THE BRUTAL TELLING (Chapter 1)

"All of them? Even the children?" The fireplace sputtered and crackled and swallowed his gasp. "Slaughtered?"

"Worse."

There was silence then. And in that hush lived all the things that could be worse than slaughter.

"Are they close?" His back tingled as he imagined something dreadful creeping through the woods. Toward them. He looked around, almost expecting to see red eyes staring through the dark windows. Or from the corners, or under the bed.

"All around. Have you seen the light in the night sky?"

"I thought those were the Northern

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Praise for The Brutal Telling

“Penny has been compared to Agatha Christie, [but] it sells her short.” --Booklist (starred review)

“An intricate, almost mythic plot, superb characters, and rich, dark humor.” --People

“Magic . . . [with] an elegance and depth not often seen.” --The New York Times Book Review

“If you don’t give your heart to Gamache, you may have no heart to give.” --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“A treat for the mind and a lesson for the soul, this is a novel full of surprises.” --Richmond Times-Dispatch

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Louise Penny

LOUISE PENNY is The New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author of seven novels featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. Her debut, Still Life, won the John Creasey Dagger and the Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys Awards, and was named one of the five Mystery/Crime Novels of the Decade by Deadly Pleasures magazine. Penny was the first author ever to win the Agatha Award for Best Novel four times—for A Fatal Grace, The Cruelest Month, The Brutal Telling (which also received the Anthony Award for Best Novel), and Bury Your Dead (which also won the Dilys, Arthur Ellis, Anthony, Macavity, and Nero Awards). She lives in a small village south of Montréal.

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The Brutal Telling
A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Volume 5)
Louise Penny

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St. Martin's Press
Minotaur Books
August 2010
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ISBN: 9780312661687
ISBN10: 0312661681
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 400 pages
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September 2009
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