

The darkness in this intricately plotted story forces readers to search for contrasting moments of hope.- Lesa Holstineīack to the Garden by Laurie R. VERDICT Penny’s 18th Gamache novel (after All the Devils Are Here) is intense as the detective digs deep into his own fears. With newcomers to Three Pines, the Arsenaults’ history, and the secrets hidden behind the wall, danger is closer than Gamache imagines. However, it’s a mysterious painting, bricked up in a house in Three Pines, that sends Gamache on a search into the past, looking into his own heart for the fears that threaten the people he loves. Gamache sees an evil in Sam that he only ever saw in a serial killer in prison for life. After Fiona graduates from the École Polytechnique, she and Sam head to Three Pines. Gamache and his wife, Reine-Marie, took Clotilde’s daughter, Fiona, under their wing, although she and her brother, Sam, were involved in their mother’s death. Both events trigger current events in 2019. Ten years later, while investigating Clotilde Arsenault’s murder, Gamache recruited an angry, undisciplined officer, Jean-Guy Beauvoir.

It changed his life and propelled him into a career in homicide. In 1989, a young Armand Gamache was on the scene of a mass slaying when 14 women were killed at Montreal’s École Polytechnique. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book.

Martin's, LJ starred review) is the top holds title of the week. A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny (Minotaur: St.
