The wise and beleaguered Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to
Three Pines The Brutal Telling, the fifth book in Louise Penny's #1
New York Times bestselling series.
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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.
*BONUS CONTENT: This edition of Brutal Telling includes a new
introduction from the author and a discussion guide.