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The brutal telling / Louise Penny.
The award-winning fifth novel from worldwide phenomenon and number one New York Times bestseller Louise PennyWhen Chief Inspector Gamache arrives in picturesque Three Pines, he steps into a village in chaos. A man has been found bludgeoned to death, and there is no sign of a weapon, a motive or even the dead man's name. As Gamache and his colleagues start to dig under the skin of this peaceful haven for clues, they uncover a trail of stolen treasure, mysterious codes and a shameful history that begins to shed light on the victim's identity - and points to a terrifying killer...'The best Gamache so far' Globe and Mail'Ingenious and unexpected' Guardian'A cracking storyteller, who can create fascinating characters, a twisty plot and wonderful surprise endings' Ann Cleeves.
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- ISBN: 9780748129621
- ISBN: 0748129626
- ISBN: 9780751579680
- ISBN: 0751579688
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (506 pages)
- Publisher: London : Sphere, 2011.
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| General Note: | Originally published: London: Headline, 2009. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Subject: | Gamache, Armand (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Police > Québec (Province) > Fiction. Gamache, Armand (Fictitious character) Police. Québec. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General. |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery stories. Detective and mystery fiction. Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Electronic books. |
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Louise Penny is the Number One New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Gamache series, including Still Life, which won the CWA John Creasey Dagger in 2006. Recipient of virtually every existing award for crime fiction, Louise was also granted The Order of Canada in 2014 and received an honorary doctorate of literature from Carleton University and the Ordre Nationale du Québec in 2017. She lives in a small village south of Montreal.
