pickLAST PUZZLE PIECE!! The author offers subtle clues to the mystery with descriptive feelings, conversations and reflections. Each leading to a dead end.
Often in this novel all clues lead to a dead end.
The path not taken, the picture not observed could be the “last puzzle piece”.
Solution will give you goosebumps.
There was silence before Myrna spoke again. “Fucking Ruth.“
It struck Gamache that maybe that was Ruth's real name. It was certainly her given name. He considered the christening.
“What do you name this child?“ the minister asked.
“Fucking Ruth,“ her godparents replied. It would have been a prescient choice.
And we're back! I suspect Penny saw all the “the monks are so boring, I want Twin Pines!“ comments and decided to give the people what they want. 😂 This is an action movie of a book, with tremendously high stakes, both personal and global. The Twin Pines characters provide a moral center and much needed comic relief. I'm not convinced the author wasn't messing with us, but it was a great pageturner and tearjerker of a read, so I don't care. 😂
pickFOUR KINDS of SECRETS-Plain-Weak-Appealing-Mythical, that come together to help Gamache investigate a mysterious death.
This novel is character heavy,however, all help in interesting ways and all add to the investigation.
Be prepared-each time you think you have this solved-you are wrong!
Moving on to book 7 in the series
pickPreviously, in The Brutal Telling, Three Pines‘ beloved Olivier was accused of murder. Bury Your Dead wraps up his storyline and introduces two new storylines. In the time between Chief Inspector Gamache‘s last visit to Three Pines and this book, the chief and his team are pulled into a very scary plot involving the kidnapping of a police officer. In this book, he and Jean-Guy Beauvoir relive the event that has left them both with terrible ⬇️
pickHaving read all the books in the Inspector Gamache series that have been written so far, it was interesting to go back to the beginning and revisit the characters as they were introduced to us the first time.
#gottacatchemall (Smeargle: art or artist as the central theme or character) @PuddleJumper
Although I loved a number of Kurt Vonnegut‘s ideals, I needed a break. In the last book I listened to, he became quite repetitive, dark, and preachy. So this is my next audiobook instead. Dark, yes, but I‘m not anticipating being lectured to.
pickChief Inspector Gamache is called yet again when a dead body is found in Olivier‘s cafe in Three Pines, which has undergone a huge change. City dwellers have purchased the old Hadley house, aiming to turn the haunted place into a luxury B&B. Olivier immediately becomes the main suspect of killing the poor old man in his cafe. It takes the detectives an immense amount of time to even discover who the man was, much less his murderer. This fifth ⬇️
My next audiobook. Fifth in the series. #serieslove @TheSpineView @Andrew65
