The Beautiful Mystery, Louise Penny

 

The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny is the next book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series.

Started: 6/11/2022
Completed: 6/15/2022
Recommendation: Mild recommendation
Recommended By: My parents

Review:

I am consistently annoyed by how Penny goes after her characters.  The endless attack on Gamache seems stale and the latest feint is nothing less than annoying.  The step off into the monastery gives time for Peter to spend his penance  away from Three Pines, but it feels a bit like I have spent a similar (likely needless) penance as well.  Since Penny has decided that it would be "unrealistic" for a group of people to just like each other and work together, she has found ways to undermine and attack the group through the last couple of books.  I hope this is the end of it.  This book did not leave me upbeat.  The information about Gregorian chants was far more interesting then I would have expected.