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Bury Your Dead: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, 6)

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Bury Your Dead is a novel about life and death―and all the mystery that remains―from 1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is on break from duty in Three Pines to attend the famed Winter Carnival up north. He has arrived in this beautiful, freezing city not to join the revels but to recover from an investigation gone hauntingly wrong. Still, violent death is inescapable―even here, in the apparent sanctuary of the Literary and Historical Society, where one obsessive academic’s quest for answers will lead Gamache down a dark path. . . Meanwhile, Gamache is receiving disturbing news from his hometown village. Beloved bistro owner Olivier was recently convicted of murder but everyone―including Gamache―believes that he is innocent. Who is behind this sinister plot? Now it’s up to Gamache to solve this killer case. . .and relive a terrible event from his own past before he can begin to bury his dead. “Few writers in any genre can match Penny’s ability to combine heartbreak and hope.”―Publishers Weekly (starred review) Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Minotaur Books; First Edition (August 2, 2011)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312626908


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 07


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.5 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.2 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #22,476 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #157 in International Mystery & Crime (Books) #787 in Murder Thrillers #955 in Police Procedurals (Books)


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    • Remarkable juggling of stories, richly described people and places
All of Louise Penny’s mysteries are excellent, full of deep psychological insights and interesting, often beloved characters. This one is exceptional, however, in that it manages to alternate among four different stories—three contemporary and one historical—without being either confusing or frustrating, something few authors can manage. Penny chose change-over points that felt like natural breaks, so that it wasn’t painful to set aside one fascinating tale in order to pick up another, equally interesting one. I always recommend reading series in order, so that one can get to know the continuing characters and watch them develop, but in this case it’s particularly important to have read the previous book in Penny’s Inspector Gamache series, The Brutal Telling, before reading this one because one and a half of the stories in the present book grow out of it. The first of these continues the question of who killed the “Hermit” in the forest cabin near Penny’s Brigadoon-like Quebecois village, Three Pines; one of the regular Three Pines characters, bistro owner Olivier, was convicted of the crime at the end of the last book, but Olivier’s devoted partner, Gabri—probably along with a lot of readers—refuses to accept his guilt, so Gamache sends his second-in-command, Beauvoir, to Three Pines to reexamine the case while Gamache is busy elsewhere. The “half” involves appealing young agent Paul Morin, who was introduced in the earlier book; the peril in which Morin (along with Gamache and Beauvoir) finds himself in this story (told in flashbacks) does not grow out of that book, but readers who have read it will care more deeply about what happens to him. The other two mysteries, one present-day and one historical, center on the oldest parts of Quebec City, the capital of that mostly French-speaking Canadian province. They are Gamache’s, and the book’s, main focus. Penny’s rich descriptions of the Old City make me want to see it for myself someday, and she makes the Canadian history it embodies both clear and fascinating even to those of us whose previous knowledge of it came from dimly remembered social-studies texts. The old and new stories both involve the question of what happened to the body of Samuel de Champlain, the province’s founder, who is to the Quebecois what, say, George Washington is to people in the United States. The book also gives interesting information about the key 1759 battle between the French and the English, fought nearby, that shaped the fate of the province and, indeed, the country. It is a story that resonates with Gamache because both the French and the English generals made important mistakes, just as he feels he did in the terrorist case involving Paul Morin. Echoes of the battle also can still be felt in the still-strained relations between the French-speakers and the English-speakers (now a somewhat embattled minority) in the city, which play a major part in the contemporary mystery. Penny’s writing, whether describing people or places, is wonderful throughout. This book is not the best place to start on her series, but for those who already have some acquaintance with Gamache, his fellow police officers, and the denizens of Three Pines, I can’t recommend it enough. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2016 by lisaleo (Lisa Yount)
    • A remarkable melding of 3 story lines into one with breathtaking results
"This visit was different. Like no other in all the winters Chief Inspector Gamache had been coming to Quebec City. This time it was Gamache who needed help.” There are several story lines in this disquieting novel. Two are in the immediate past, the third is in the present. The elements of each are interwoven into one remarkable narrative. One involves a recent case gone bad as the Surete attempt to rescue a kidnaped officer. One involves a murder case in Three Pines where the Chief Inspector is, months later, questioning whether he got the right man. The third takes place in old Quebec City where a dead man has been found in the sub-basement of the Literary and Historical Society Library. Worried that centuries old grudges between the French and the Anglos may be re-ignited, the local police chief has sought Gamache’s assistance in the investigation. “...while forgetting the past might condemn people to repeat it, remembering it too vividly condemned them to never leave.” Past and present come together in this outstanding novel as Gamache and his assistant, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, are shocked and horrified when they are forced to view the past in a very vivid and disturbing manner. Bury Your Dead is book 6 in Louise Penny's mystery series. It is “paired” with book 5 and definitely should be read in sequence. All of the books in this series are well-written, the characters beautifully developed. A delightful series with plenty of twists and turns. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ From the author: “Like the rest of the Chief Inspector Gamache books, Bury Your Dead is not about death, but about life. And the need to both respect the past and let it go.” ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2022 by #EmptyNestReader
    • Delight and tragic read
Book Six of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series is the saddest so far. There is a sense of impending doom as we relive the memories of Gamache and Beauvoir during the countdown of their last case. A literal countdown that is infused with such sadness and feelings of helplessness. There are several threads to follow and the chapters do not necessarily delineate the different perspectives so you must pay attention. This installment in the Armand Gamache series includes FOUR mysteries in one: • Who really killed the man in the woods in the town of Three Pines? • Who killed an amateur archaeologist in Quebec? • Where is Quebec's founder, Samuel de Champlain, buried? What happened recently to Armand Gamache and his team, resulting in their injuries and PTSD? Throughout the story we come to understand a horrible case that took place, through the memories Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his second in command, Jean Guy Beauvoir, who are both suffering flashbacks and PTSD from what transpired. Three other mysteries run parallel in this book. Gamache is in Quebec recovering emotionally as well as physically from the earlier traumatic events. He becomes involved in a murder case steeped in politics, secrecy, and history. Meanwhile he directs Jean-Guy Beauvoir to take his convalescence in Three Pines and try to make sure that they did convict the right person of murder from Book Five. I highly recommend this series and recommend that you read them in order. I think this is my favorite book of the series, thus far. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2023 by Mary

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