What can I say? Another excellent encounter with Inspector Gamache.

Dear Lousy Louise Penny,You really know how to hurt a boy. You make, ex nihilo, people whose reality I completely buy into, whose very existence (in a well-ordered Universe) is simply necessary, and then you give them real, human flaws, and dreadfully painful pasts, and generally screw with my reality/fictionality compass.And then you make them do yucky, tacky things. And even vile, evil ones. And somehow, throughout that process, you *don't* make me dislike them, or even judge them. You make me...

Many readers have fallen in love with Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache books, especially Bury Your Dead, and it’s easy to see why. Her descriptions of place are gentle and thorough, lifting every cover and opening every cupboard of a setting until we feel that we’re strolling down the streets of Old Quebec or pushing our way through the waist-high snow of a Canadian village.Her characters are also the beneficiaries of this intelligent and pleasant cataloging. We’re treated to wonderful physical

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache must wrestle with the core of his being in this next novel of Louise Penny’s ongoing series. The piece opens with Gamache in Quebec City, ready to enjoy a winter carnival. He’s on leave, as is the rest of his Sûreté du Québec Homicide squad, after a brutal terror attack left many dead. While taking the time to hone his knowledge of Quebec history, the murder of local amateur archeologist, Augustin Renaud, creates quite the buzz. Found at the Literary and Historical...

4★“Chief Inspector Gamache knew that most killers didn’t consider their act a crime. They’d somehow convinced themselves the victim had to die, had brought it on themselves, deserved to die. It was a private execution.” This is the sixth in the series featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec, and it is a follow-up to the previous book, The Brutal Telling. There are three threads to follow. First, Gamache is recovering from trauma. Second, Gamache is being pestered about t...

I forced myself to wait. It was difficult! Spacing the books in this series out made it so much more exciting.The Brutal Telling and this book must be read together. Bury Your Dead completes the previous book in the series. What a conclusion!Once again Louise Penny took us heart and soul into the lives of the many characters and history of Quebec. She made it impossible to read this book without getting heads over heels involved in the plot and story. Inspector Armand Gamache and his second-in-c...

This is my first ever Louise Penny and I wonder why it took me so long to discover her!I loved the quiet progression of this novel, where so much happens so seemingly effortlessly.Past and present collide in this novel, where Inspector Gamache must relive and come to terms with an investigation that went horribly wrong, leaving several of his team dead. While on holiday in Quebec, and indulging his love of history at in the Literary and Historical Society, a body is discovered in the basement......

I was hoping to have discovered a "new" series to enjoy since this book is apparently the sixth Inspector Gamache adventure but sadly I was not that impressed. I enjoyed the tidbits of Quebec history and the descriptions of Old Quebec but the story itself lagged and finally just became uninteresting. It didn't help that there were three seperate plots to keep track of. Sometimes this kind of writing works but not in this case, it was just annoying, mainly because one or possibly two of the plot

Bury Your Dead (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #6)by Louise Penny (Author), Ralph Cosham (Narrator)This entry in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series is even sadder than the last one. There are several threads we are following as the story progresses. The last case worked by Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his second in command, Jean Guy Beauvoir, ended with many people either injured or killed and both men are on leave to recover from physical and emotional damage. Throughout the story

As I said it before, Inspector Gamache series is my favorite of the mystery genre and this 6th installment did not disappoint. If anything, the books are getting better and better. Again, I have to underline that this series should be read in order for a better understanding of the characters the plot. This one is especially connected with the one before it. SPOILERS about the previous book aheadThis novel has three connecting plots, there are three mysteries to uncover, one by Gamache, one by I...

What a heartbreaking, amazing episode! Bury Your Dead is the 6th in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series and is closely linked with the previous book, The Brutal Telling. This is a series that benefits reading it in order, but most definitely #5 then #6 or the context will be completely lost. The events which have occurred since the ending of The Brutal Telling had devastating consequences, which were slowly revealed through Bury Your Dead. With Armand in Quebec City recuperating, he was dr...

This installment in the Armand Gamache series includes FOUR mysteries in one:- who really killed the man in the woods in the town of Three Pines?- who killed an amateur archaeologist in Quebec?- where is Quebec's founder, Samuel de Champlain, buried?- what happened recently to Armand Gamache and his team, resulting in their injuries and PTSD?These four storylines are seamlessly interwoven, taking this series from it's 'cozy' feel to something with just a bit more bite while still maintaining it'...

Volume #5 sparks a profound series twist, that continues in “Bury Your Dead”, 2010. Read it first. It so complexly connects several storylines, I hesitated to do it justice. I looked forward to this mystery above all others, because it spins an old one: locating historical figure, Samuel De Champlain! I love puzzles. Like most authors, Louise added a modern case I would normally call superfluous; except that the flavour of a bizarre Canadian city which cemented everything, was uniquely enthralli...