In consequence, the Gilbertines were chased across Europe, and a group, disguised as workers, find their way to a remote part of Canada, surviving for four centuries. Gilbert’s distinction was his loyalty for Thomas à Becket. Instead, Gamache and Beauvoir are sent to a remote monastery, Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, of an order, The Gilbertines, thought to have died out. Summary: While solving a case involving the murder of a prior in a remote monastery, Gamache must confront his arch-nemesis Chief Superintendent Sylvain Françoeur. The Beautiful Mystery(Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #8), Louise Penny. Many lives and a hidden village hang in the balance. The question is whether this will prevail over the earthly wisdom of power. Does he love and then leave as Beauvoir believes, or is there love that persists even when denied? And was inviting Nichol a good idea? Is this an one of Gamache’s redemption efforts that will put them all at risk? Penny quotes a poem, “Anthem” by Leonard Cohen, with these words “There’s a crack in everything/That’s how the light gets in.” In this novel, we see in Gamache who believes in the foolish wisdom that to risk loving and trusting is the crack that lets the light in. The story line leaves us wondering at times if Gamache is paranoid, seeing conspiracies where there are none and becoming unhinged. The book opens with her distraught drive onto the bridge. Her car was on the bridge and her death was ruled as a suicide. A woman in the Transportation Ministry, Audrey Villeneuve was found dead at the base of the most heavily-traveled bridge in Montreal. It comes down to who will outmaneuver who? And the wild card is Beauvoir, who knows Gamache and in his drug addiction is tied to Francoeur. When they find what they are looking for, they will be found, jeopardizing the whole village. It’s time for the Brunels to flee, ostensibly to Vancouver, but actually to Three Pines. ![]() Jerome has been covertly infiltrating the Surete’s systems until he found a name that scared him. ![]() The murder allows Gamache, through a combination of misdirection and shrewd preparation, to turn Three Pines into a base of operations to ferret out what Francoeur is trying to do, along with Yvette Nichol, who has been spending years in the basement of the Surete learning to listen, and Jerome and Assistant Superintendent Therese Brunel. Who would have a motive to kill her? It turns out that Constance has left clues, unrecognized by those around her. One of the most startling discoveries was that she was Constance Ouellet, the last of the Ouellet quintuplets, considered a true miracle at their birth, exploited by a doctor who had not even been at the delivery, and used by the government to create a fairy-tale story. Gamache investigates and finds her dead in her home, killed by a head blow from a lamp as she was packing. ![]() A former client who had become a friend of Myrna Landers was supposed to come for a Christmas visit but fails to turn up. And that job takes him back to Three Pines. ![]() Is it simply the fact that Gamache had arrested former Chief Superintendent Arnot? Or is there, as Gamache suspects, something more going on?Īmid the increasing pressure on Gamache, he continues to do his job. Summary: The murder of the last Ouellet quintuplet, a former client and friend of Myrna’s brings Gamache back to Three Pines which serves as a hidden base of operations as Sylvain Francoeur’s efforts to destroy Gamache comes to a head.Ĭhief Superintendent Sylvain Francoeur as taken away Gamache’s right hand man, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, transferred out his department’s best agents, filling their slots with the indifferent or corrupt. How the Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Gamache #9), Louise Penny.
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