The Cruellest Month

Louise Penny

Apr 2011 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

The award-winning third novel from worldwide phenomenon and number one New York Times bestseller Louise Penny

It's Easter, and on a glorious Spring day in peaceful Three Pines, someone waits for night to fall. They plan to raise the dead . . .

When Chief Inspector Gamache of the Surete du Quebec arrives the next morning, he faces an unusual crime scene. A séance in an old abandoned house has gone horrifically wrong and someone has been seemingly frightened to death.

In indyllic Three Pines, terrible secrets lie buried, and even Gamache has something to hide. One of his own team is about to betray him. But how far will they go to ensure Gamache's downfall?

'A cracking storyteller, who can create fascinating characters, a twisty plot and wonderful surprise endings' Ann Cleeves

'Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series gets better with each book' Globe and Mail

Ratings and reviews

This review is in English and Türkçe; English: This was my First book of Louise Penny and I liked it. it reminded me famous Agatha Christie with her "Hercules Poirot", specially the meeting at the end of the story on which all of the people gather watching the detective solves the case. the first 15~20% of the book was a little bit foggy, and I cannot be sure if the original story or the translated one was the reason. in that part of the book, the conversations between the characters was told in a confusing way and I couldn't determine what sentence was told by which; in some place, the sentences were like a poet; I mean some of them didn't have a verb and even in a single paragraph author (or maybe translator) jumped from a point to another point suddenly and that was confusing. but after that point in the book, I managed to grasp the style and the format of the writing, and frankly saying, it was more understandable and organized till to the end of the book. I enjoyed the book but I feel the book worth 3.5 to 4 points rather than solid 4 starts. despite this, the authors' books deserves to be read as a crime/mystery/thriller. Türkçe: yazardan okudugum ilk kitapti ve begendigimi soyleyebilirim. iyi bir yazar buldugumda kitap sayisina hemen bir gos atarim ve eger kitap sayisi fazlaysa cok sevinirim; cunku daha okuyacak cook kitabim oldugunu anlarim ve simdi de oyle oldu. yani yazarin baska kitaplari favorilerimin arasinda yerini koruyacak. bilmiyorum original metin boyleydi ya cevirmenden kaynaklaniyor, kitabin ilk 100 sayfasi biraz vahim geldi bana; cumleler kisik kisik ve kimin soyledigi biraz karisik. hatta bazi paragraflarin icinde kac cumle farkli karakterlerin agzindan soylenmis ve siz kim hangi cumleyi soylemis anlayamayabilirsiniz. hatta bazi cumlelerin fiili bile yoktu! ama kitabin 100'uncu sayfasindan sonra her sey duzeldi ve gerilim sonuna kadar devam etti. bu kitab beni Agatha Christie romanlarini hatirlatiyor ve o meshur Hercules Poirot'nun son toplantida her seyi cozume kavusturdugu. kitapta biraz gerilim havasi var ve ilk defa ben bir kitabi okurken biraz icten korku hissettim ve bu gercekten yazidan etkilendigimi gosterdi bana. her neyse, eger cinayet ve dedektif romanlarini seviyorsaniz, tam size gore bir kitap.

Well written, page turning detective story with characters who come alive and who you want to get to know.

Brilliant again. Louise Penny excels at the murdr mystery drama. Wonderful read. Kindness exists.

About the author

Louise Penny is the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Gamache series, including Still Life, which won the CWA John Creasey Dagger in 2006. Recipient of virtually every existing award for crime fiction, Louise was also granted the Order of Canada in 2014 and received an honorary doctorate of literature from Carleton University and the Ordre Nationale du Québec in 2017. She lives in a small village south of Montreal.