Details Of Books A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #12)
| Title | : | A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #12) |
| Author | : | Louise Penny |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 389 pages |
| Published | : | August 30th 2016 by Minotaur Books |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction |
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Hardcover | Pages: 389 pages Rating: 4.42 | 40690 Users | 4605 Reviews
Interpretation To Books A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #12)
When an intricate old map is found stuffed into the walls of the bistro in Three Pines, it at first seems no more than a curiosity. But the closer the villagers look, the stranger it becomes.Given to Armand Gamache as a gift the first day of his new job, the map eventually leads him to shattering secrets. To an old friend and older adversary. It leads the former Chief of Homicide for the Sûreté du Québec to places even he is afraid to go. But must.
And there he finds four young cadets in the Sûreté academy, and a dead professor. And, with the body, a copy of the old, odd map.
Everywhere Gamache turns, he sees Amelia Choquet, one of the cadets. Tattooed and pierced. Guarded and angry. Amelia is more likely to be found on the other side of a police line-up. And yet she is in the academy. A protégée of the murdered professor.
The focus of the investigation soon turns to Gamache himself and his mysterious relationship with Amelia, and his possible involvement in the crime. The frantic search for answers takes the investigators back to Three Pines and a stained glass window with its own horrific secrets.
For both Amelia Choquet and Armand Gamache, the time has come for a great reckoning.
Number-one New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny pulls back the layers to reveal a brilliant and emotionally powerful truth in her latest spellbinding novel.
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| Original Title: | A Great Reckoning |
| ISBN: | 1250022134 (ISBN13: 9781250022134) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #12 |
| Characters: | Jean Guy Beauvoir, Clara Morrow, Gabriel Dubeau, Olivier Brulé, Ruth Zardo, Myrna Landers, Dr. Sharon Harris, Isabelle Lacoste, Michel Brebeuf, Billy Williams, Monsieur Beliveau, Daniel Gamache, Roslyn Gamache, Florence Gamache, Reine-Marie Gamache, Annie Gamache, Thérèse Brunel, Serge Leduc, Amelia Choquet, Huifen Cloutier, Jacques Laurin, Nathaniel Smythe, Chantal Marcoux, Hugo Charpentier, Marcel Godbut, Mayor Florent, Marie Florent, Paul Gélinas, Elizabeth Coldbrook, Anthony Turcotte, Monsieur Bergeron, Honoré Beauvoir, Zora Gamache, Chief Inspector Gamache |
| Setting: | Three Pines, Quebec(Canada) Quebec (Québec)(Canada) |
| Literary Awards: | Barry Award for Best Novel (2017), Anthony Award for Best Novel (2017), Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel (2016), Lefty Award for Best Mystery Novel (2017), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2016) |
Rating Of Books A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #12)
Ratings: 4.42 From 40690 Users | 4605 ReviewsRate Of Books A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #12)
I had a really good time on our annual date, Armand. Either I'm old enough to find the familiar uplifting and comforting or maybe you're just really good at keeping things fresh and interesting. Whatever it is, this was definitely one of our best dates. I hope Reine Marie isn't too jealous...At the end of every August, my consolation for seeing the end of the summer is that Louise Penny publishes a new mystery featuring Armand Gamache and the village of Three Pines. I love the series. I love theIt is always terrific to return to Three Pines, the neighbourly if eccentric cast and catch up with Armande Gamache and his family. Louise Penny has created a unique series, close to being "cozy" and driven by the Inspector's keen intelligence and compassionate soul. At the same time, the mysteries are intense and multi-layered, with unexpected solutions. In the latest book in the series, Armande Gamache has accepted a job with the Police Training Academy. Le Sûreté has recovered from the
Evil is unspectacular and always human,And shares our bed and eats at our own table,And we are introduced to Goodness every day,Even in drawing-rooms among a crowd of faults;He has a name like Billy and is almost perfect,But wears a stammer like a decoration:And every time they meet the same thing has to happen;It is the Evil that is helpless like a loverAnd has to pick a quarrel and succeeds,And both are openly destroyed before our eyes. -Herman MelvilleAn old map hidden in a wallA stained
By the time you get to the 12th novel in a series I often find myself losing interest and that the stories just aren't as good as they were. Not with this series. If anything the series seems to get stronger. I feel like I know the characters and they could be friends. Louise Penny has a superb gift for describing scenes and people so that you feel like you are right there ... enjoying the food, sitting in front of a fire, and are part of the conversation. These are stories of relationships and
To say she has done it again is an understatement. I very seldom rate mysteries five stars but in this case it is well deserved. Gamache accepts a job as the head of the Surete, the school where cadets train. But why and what does he hope to accomplish there? Some of the most well known players from previous books return. There is a murder and a map, a new cadet with ties to Gamache. Three Pines is featured prominently in this one, the characters, the church. Old mystery, new mystery. Louise
Ill-prepared, insolent young agents were showing up in the lowest ranks of the Sûreté, and being promoted. One or two could be considered normal in a population, but there were too many. The academy had become a nursery, a factory, a training ground and a conduit for brutality fostered an environment where that sort of behaviour was normal, valued and rewarded.In A Great Reckoning Chief Inspector Gamache is lured out of retirement to take over as Commander of the police academy to root out
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