The Beautiful Mystery is the winner of the 2012 Agatha Award for best novel, the 2013 Anthony Award for best novel and the 2013 Macavity Award for best novel. Before finding the killer, before restoring peace, the Chief must first consider the divine, the human, and the cracks in between. As the peace of the monastery crumbles, Gamache is forced to confront some of his own demons, as well as those roaming the remote corridors. One of the brothers, in this life of prayer and contemplation, has been contemplating murder. There they discover disquiet beneath the silence, discord in the apparent harmony. Ironically, for a community that has taken a vow of silence, the monks have become world-famous for their glorious voices, raised in ancient chants whose effect on both singer and listener is so profound it is known as “the beautiful mystery.”īut when the renowned choir director is murdered, the lock on the monastery’s massive wooden door is drawn back to admit Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Sûreté du Québec. They grow vegetables, they tend chickens, they make chocolate.

No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep in the wilderness of Quebec, where two dozen cloistered monks live in peace and prayer. Catastrophic spring flooding, blistering attacks in the media, and a mysterious disappearance greet Chief Inspector Armand Gamache as he returns to the Sret du Qubec in the latest novel by 1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny. The brilliant novel in the New York Times bestselling series by Louise Penny, one of the most acclaimed crime writers of our time. A Better Man: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel.

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