How the Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Gamache #9), by Louise Penny (Sphere 2013)
First line: “Audrey Villeneuve knew what she imagined could not possibly be happening.”
I am now officially halfway through the Three Pines series, and the last two have been homeruns for me. In this one, the ninth, we finally get some resolution for one of the mysteries that has been bubbling underneath each book’s storyline since the very beginning. For me, this part was far and away more interesting that the individual book’s mystery, which was about the death of a friend of Myrna’s who happened to be part of a very famous family. I even guessed the answer to that mystery well before it was revealed, which is not usually my forte.
But the other mystery, the long game Penny was playing, with corruption in the Sûreté du Québec, had me holding my breath and flipping the pages faster than I could hardly handle. There was SO MUCH TENSION for the entire second half of the book, so make sure you have the time to spend with this one before you dive in! It was heart-wrenching, devastating, and satisfying all at the same time. Phew, what a doozy. Next one is set in the summer, so I have a little time before heading back to Three Pines… until next time!
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