The Brutal Telling; A Novel
New York, N.Y. Minotaur Books, 2017. First Minotaur Signature Edition [stated]. 8th Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. 12, 386, [2] pages. Includes Acknowledgments, A new Introduction from the Author, and 37 chapters. Also includes Discussion Questions. Louise Penny CM (born 1958) is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centered on the work of francophone Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. Penny's first career was as a radio broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). After she turned to writing, she won numerous awards for her work, including the Agatha Award for best mystery novel of the year five times, including four consecutive years (2007–2010), and the Anthony Award for best novel of the year five times, including four consecutive years (2010–2013). Her novels have been published in 23 languages. She had an 18-year career as a radio host and journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She entered her first novel, Still Life, in the "Debut Dagger" competition in the United Kingdom, placing second out of 800 entries. The novel won other awards, including the "New Blood" Dagger award in the United Kingdom, the Arthur Ellis Award in Canada for best first crime novel, the Dilys Award, the Anthony Award and the Barry Award for Best First Novel in the United States. Penny continues to write, garnering major crime novel award nominations for almost every one of her novels and won several of those awards. Her work features Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, of the Sûreté du Québec. In 2009, Penny helped to launch an award for aspiring Canadian mystery writers, the Unhanged Arthur for Best Unpublished First Novel. This novel won the Anthony award for best novel in 2010. T he wise and beleaguered Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines, The Brutal Telling is the fifth book in Louise Penny's #1 New York Times bestselling series. Chaos is coming, old son. With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. As families prepare to head back to the city and children say goodbye to summer, a stranger is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques store. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are called in to strip back layers of lies, exposing both treasures and rancid secrets buried in the wilderness. No one admits to knowing the murdered man, but as secrets are revealed, chaos begins to close in on the beloved bistro owner, Olivier. How did he make such a spectacular success of his business? What past did he leave behind and why has he buried himself in this tiny village? And why does every lead in the investigation find its way back to him? As Olivier grows more frantic, a trail of clues and treasures— from first editions of Charlotte's Web and Jane Eyre to a spider web with the word "WOE" woven in it—lead the Chief Inspector deep into the woods and across the continent in search of the truth, and finally back to Three Pines as the little village braces for the truth and the final, brutal telling. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Murder Investigation, Armand Gamache, Three Pines, Olivier's Bistro, Surete du Quebec, Antiques, Treasures, Secrets, First Editions, Spider Web, Truth
ISBN: 9781250161666
[Book #81912]
Price: $15.00