The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

October 29, 2024

This is the toughest review I write every year. It’s hard to talk about Louise Penny’s latest Armand Gamache novel, The Grey Wolf, without revealing much. It’s best to say fans will not be disappointed. She launches a new arc, finishes a storyline,...

A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

November 29, 2022

I’ll be the first to admit I wasn’t a fan of the last Gamache book, The Madness of Crowds. I won’t say I breathed a sigh of relief when I read the eighteenth book, Louise Penny’s A World of Curiosities. A reader can’t breathe a sigh of...

A Better Man by Louise Penny

August 27, 2019

Because I can never say as much as I’d like about one of Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Armand Gamache mysteries, instead, I’m going to quote another mystery author. Betty Webb said to me, “I love to see books taken seriously — and with...

Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny

November 27, 2018

It’s always difficult to review one of Louise Penny’s books. The plots are so entwined with the characters that it’s not easy to summarize the book without revealing too much. It’s release date for Kingdom of the Blind, the first book Penny...

Glass Houses by Louise Penny

August 28, 2017

There are all kinds of stories about heroes, stories that say when others are running away, heroes run toward trouble. That’s the best way I know to summarize Louise Penny’s latest book, Glass Houses, and her lead character, Armand Gamache. Because of...