As Quebec City shivers in the grip of winter, its ancient stone walls cracking in the cold, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache plunges into the most unusual case of his celebrated career. A man has been brutally murdered in one of the city's oldest buildings - a library where the English citizens of Quebec safeguard their history. And the death opens a door into the past, exposing a mystery that has lain dormant for centuries... a mystery Gamache must solve if he's to apprehend a present-day killer.
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When I last reviewed a Louise Penny novel in these pages (2009’s The Brutal Telling), I wondered how much longer she could spin stories of murder in her chosen setting of the cloistered, tight-knit Eastern Townships village of Three Pines, Quebec – how many local killers could be protected, then unmasked? Bury Your Dead is an admirable attempt to expand the author’s storytelling horizons. In the novel, Penny’s delightful, world-weary detective, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, questions every assumption he’s ever made in the process of coming to grips with a “terrible, terrible mistake.”
Several storylines emerge, diverge, then converge. Gamache is supposed to be on holiday with his wife in Quebec City, but gets mixed up in a perplexing and brutal killing in the Literary and Historical Society Library, a library devoted to the history of the city’s English-speaking citizens. As the plot thickens, Gamache begins to suspect that the Three Pines scion he fingered as the murderer in Penny’s previous outing is in fact innocent, and that the real culprit got away with the crime.
Penny’s plot is complicated, and much of Bury Your Dead’s middle section drags because the reader is forced to work too hard to piece everything together. But the action picks up splendidly in the novel’s final pages, as both the community of Three Pines and Gamache himself come to terms with their culpability in convicting an innocent man. Revisiting (and revising) the climax of such a recent novel is an audacious move on Penny’s part, and it works well.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.Review
“Sophisticated and moving—her best yet.” --People Magazine, “People Pick,” 4 stars
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Short review: It's an incredible book and I am very lucky that I had access to an Advanced Reader's Copy. You, gentle reader, would enjoy it most if you read the first five books in the Three Pines mystery series as they all build in terms of character and story to make the experience far more rich and rewarding.
And a longer (if you wnat to keep reading) version: My love affair with the books of Louise Penny began two years ago when I read the first of her Three Pines mysteries, "Still Life". I have read a lot of mysteries (including 120 in the last three years) and Louise Penny has become one of my favorite writers. All of the mysteries I read have their fair share of good and evil, usually a corpse or two and someone searching for the answers.
In Louise's world, her people are so complex and fascinating (beginning with the Surete's Armand Gamache) that you wish you could move into the small Canadian village of Three Pines and join them for a cup of cafe au lait and a croissant. So what if people seem to die there (of unnatural causes) at a higher per capita rate than almost anywhere else! It's a world of good friends and great food and challenging weather, of art and poetry and greed and mayhem and undercurrents. So many wonderful undercurrents. Penny does not underestimate the readers' intelligence and for that we can be grateful. This newest book, "Bury Your Dead" takes you to several locations throughout Canada, but her skill in tying it all back to Three Pines and the residents there is wonderful. I have no desire to spoil any of the storyline(s) for you, so I will just say that if you like your reading to include sly wit, heartbreaking emotions and a deep understanding of what makes us human, this is the book (and series) for you. Enjoy.
And a longer (if you wnat to keep reading) version: My love affair with the books of Louise Penny began two years ago when I read the first of her Three Pines mysteries, "Still Life". I have read a lot of mysteries (including 120 in the last three years) and Louise Penny has become one of my favorite writers. All of the mysteries I read have their fair share of good and evil, usually a corpse or two and someone searching for the answers.
In Louise's world, her people are so complex and fascinating (beginning with the Surete's Armand Gamache) that you wish you could move into the small Canadian village of Three Pines and join them for a cup of cafe au lait and a croissant. So what if people seem to die there (of unnatural causes) at a higher per capita rate than almost anywhere else! It's a world of good friends and great food and challenging weather, of art and poetry and greed and mayhem and undercurrents. So many wonderful undercurrents. Penny does not underestimate the readers' intelligence and for that we can be grateful. This newest book, "Bury Your Dead" takes you to several locations throughout Canada, but her skill in tying it all back to Three Pines and the residents there is wonderful. I have no desire to spoil any of the storyline(s) for you, so I will just say that if you like your reading to include sly wit, heartbreaking emotions and a deep understanding of what makes us human, this is the book (and series) for you. Enjoy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
I liked the book although I thought there were too many plots and I found it a bit confusing. There were,also too many character
Jan 10 2013
By David Lewis
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and names too remember. I would recommend this book to people who are interested in the history of Quebec and
the separatist movement.
the separatist movement.
By darlene Ware
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have read many other books by this author and thoroughly enjoyed every one. This one did not hold my interest and attention. I had to force myself to finish it. I would not recommend it to anyone.
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Ignore the main story
There are 3 stories going on here. Ignore the main one about Samuel de Champlain (seriously, when ever the name appears - skim it) and concentrate on the two other stories. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Canuckfcuk
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Discover Québec City
Ms Penny improves which each new book. Discover this great city while enjoying an entertaining whodunnit! Read more
Published 16 months ago by mg
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Review while reading Penny's Bury Your Dead
I'm in the middle of reading this book now, which means I'm caught in that awkward stage of wanting to race to the finish, and NOT wanting to see the end of it. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Pat Barclay
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Do not read
this book before you have read the book The Brutal Telling first. This book is a complete spoiler for that book. Read more
Published 19 months ago by W Van Berkel
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A Disappointment
6th book the Chief Inspector Gamache series
'Bury your Dead', won numerous awards in Canada and other countries for being the 'Best Crime Novel' in 2010 and consequently... Read more
'Bury your Dead', won numerous awards in Canada and other countries for being the 'Best Crime Novel' in 2010 and consequently... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Toni Osborne
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Amazing author, amazing book
Louise Pennys books just get better and better. The characters she creates are so well rounded and so HUMAN somehow. Read more
Published on April 19 2011 by Cuddlecakes
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Penny shines in Bury Your Dead
Louise Penny is at the top of her game in Bury Your Dead. The sixth book in the Three Pines mystery series has a fully developed cast of characters, two murder investigations, a... Read more
Published on Feb 8 2011 by Rosemary Reads
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bury your dead
The book takes place in and around Quebec City, Canada, where the dwindling Anglophone community feels it is still fighting wars 250 years in the past. Read more
Published on Jan 17 2011 by Gloria Feit
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ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR THIS AUTHOR AND NARRATOR
The eagerly awaited sixth Armand Gamache tale by the remarkable Louise Penny has just arrived and I'm all ears ' literally because it is read by the award winning voice performer... Read more
Published on Nov 3 2010 by Gail Cooke
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Complex and compelling mystery with interesting characters
In most jobs you can make a mistake and nobody dies. But in some jobs; air traffic controllers, fire fighters, and police detectives mistakes can be deadly. Read more
Published on Oct 4 2010 by S. Morehouse
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