{"id":17598,"date":"2012-11-14T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=17598"},"modified":"2012-11-01T15:40:43","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T20:40:43","slug":"the-beautiful-mystery-by-louise-penny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-beautiful-mystery-by-louise-penny\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Award winning mystery writer Louise Penny is back with her eighth book in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache mystery series.\u00a0 The Beautiful Mystery<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>is a bit of a departure (as far as\u00a0the location) from\u00a0her previous books, but it just as captivating and engrossing as\u00a0her previous titles.\u00a0 I hold a soft spot for Three Pines, the quaint and picturesque village where the previous books are located, and even though\u00a0I was a little leery of the new setting,\u00a0it is definitely another superb mystery.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0book takes\u00a0place in a remote Quebec monastery where 24 monks live in complete isolation and silence.\u00a0 Ironically,\u00a0the rest of the world has just discovered this group\u00a0through their\u00a0voices and a recording of their haunting and beautiful chants that have been released to the world with rave reviews.<\/p>\n

The Beautiful Mystery<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0opens with the shocking murder of one of the monks, Frere Matthieu, the choirmaster of the group.\u00a0 Matthieu\u00a0has been a champion of releasing the chants\u00a0to the world in order to raise much needed\u00a0funds for improvements to the monastery.\u00a0Chief Inspector Gamache\u00a0and his right hand man, Jean-Guy Beauvior\u00a0arrive on the scene to interrogate and question the monks, attempting to piece together the puzzle of\u00a0which of the remaining monks could possibly commit murder.\u00a0 In addition to solving the crime at the monastery, Gamache and Beauvoir confront personal issues and demons that could have the ability to tear apart their own lives.<\/p>\n

The Beautiful Mystery<\/strong><\/em> is intriguing enough on its own but if you want to start with the first book in the series pick up Still Life<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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