“…the events in Glass House challenge Gamache’s conscience unlike any of the previous audiobooks, with Bathurst prying open the hero’s heart and soul and laying it bare for listeners to experience at a visceral level.” – Audiofile Magazine
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When a mysterious figure appears in Three Pines one cold November day, Armand Gamache and the rest of the villagers are at first curious. Then wary. Through rain and sleet, the figure stands unmoving, staring ahead.
From the moment its shadow falls over the village, Gamache, now Chief Superintendent of the Sûreté du Québec, suspects the creature has deep roots and a dark purpose. Yet he does nothing. What can he do? Only watch and wait. And hope his mounting fears are not realized.
But when the figure vanishes overnight and a body is discovered, it falls to Gamache to discover if a debt has been paid or levied.
Months later, on a steamy July day as the trial for the accused begins in Montréal, Chief Superintendent Gamache continues to struggle with actions he set in motion that bitter November, from which there is no going back. More than the accused is on trial. Gamache’s own conscience is standing in judgment.
In Glass Houses, her latest utterly gripping audiobook, number-one New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny shatters the conventions of the crime novel to explore what Gandhi called the court of conscience. A court that supersedes all others.
Another captivating mystery that takes us back to Three Pines I’m an avid mystery reader and a devout Louise Penny reader. I was ecstatic to get a chance to read this pre-release and I was not disappointed.Â
Yet another beautifully written book by Louise Penny I consider myself fortunate to have read all the Inspector Gamache novels by Louise Penny. Her writing is beautiful and her characters are so well written and so appreciated, flaws and all. In this novel Inspector Gamache has taken over as head of the Surete after rooting out top level corruption. The police officers seem proud of their work again….or are they? There are rumblings that Gamache hasn’t really changed anything as crime is up, the drug trade is rampant and what is to be done…
Liked it but didn’t love it During a cold November in Three Pines a dark mysterious figure – draped in black with a mask and never moving – appears in the green. Every day this figure is there – watching someone but who? Who’s wearing this mask and cape? Why is it there? Does it represent Death?Â