★★★¾
GENRE: Mystery
SUBJECT: Three Pine Mystery
Setting: Quebec Canada
CHARACTERS: Armand Gamache, Jean Guy Beauvoir, monks
DATE READ: January 26 - January 31
NO. OF PAGES: 373
Off the Shelf (pre-2013)? Source?: Yes, audio stockpile
PLOT:.........................................4.00
CHARACTERIZATION:.................3.50
TOPICS:.....................................3.50
STYLE:.......................................3.75
ORIGINALITY:.............................3.50
ADDICTIVENESS:........................3.50
OWNERSHIP:.............................3.50
THRESHOLD QUALITY:...............4.00
Average...........................................................3.66
Again, Inspector Gamache is investigating a murder outside of Three Pines. But this time the murder of the prior at the monastery at St. Gilbert entre les loupes sends Gamache into seclusion where limitations are placed on his staff as well as the monks who live there. The abbot releases the monks from their vow of silence so that they may answer the questions that revolve around the murder. The monks have become known to the outside world by their recording of Gregorian chants but they remain hidden away otherwise.
Gamache not only learns of the details of monastic life, but something of himself and the Sûreté du Québec. The details are so cleverly woven through it, the reader has no choice but to sit down and take the ride.
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