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by Louise Penny
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Minotaur Books
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It's Gamache's first day back as head of the homicide department, a job he temporarily shares with his previous second-in-command, Jean-Guy Beauvoir. Flood waters are rising across the province. In the middle of the turmoil a father approaches Gamache, pleading for help in finding his daughter.
As crisis piles upon crisis, Gamache tries to hold off the encroaching chaos, and realizes the search for Vivienne Godin should be abandoned. But with a daughter of his own, he finds himself developing a profound, and perhaps unwise, empathy for her distraught father.
Increasingly hounded by the question, how would you feel..., he resumes the search.
As the rivers rise, and the social media onslaught against Gamache becomes crueler, a body is discovered. And in the tumult, mistakes are made.
In the next novel in this "constantly surprising series that deepens and darkens as it evolves" (New York Times Book Review), Gamache must face a horrific possibility, and a burning question.
What would you do if your child's killer walked free?
As crisis piles upon crisis, Gamache tries to hold off the encroaching chaos, and realizes the search for Vivienne Godin should be abandoned. But with a daughter of his own, he finds himself developing a profound, and perhaps unwise, empathy for her distraught father.
Increasingly hounded by the question, how would you feel..., he resumes the search.
As the rivers rise, and the social media onslaught against Gamache becomes crueler, a body is discovered. And in the tumult, mistakes are made.
In the next novel in this "constantly surprising series that deepens and darkens as it evolves" (New York Times Book Review), Gamache must face a horrific possibility, and a burning question.
What would you do if your child's killer walked free?
Stay on your toes with this one! Unlike most series books you do not have to read all the others to enjoy A Better Man. The characters run the books more than the plots, so it’s interesting the way Louise Penny can write them so relatable.
The first thing I noticed going in blind (without having read any of the others in the series) is how well she made it lean to a stand-alone. Not everyone in the book club agreed, but I felt the parts I wasn’t connected to were glossed over quickly enough that I didn’t skip a beat.
Also, this had a good baseline of bettering yourself as a person and I always appreciate that.
Happy reading!
The first thing I noticed going in blind (without having read any of the others in the series) is how well she made it lean to a stand-alone. Not everyone in the book club agreed, but I felt the parts I wasn’t connected to were glossed over quickly enough that I didn’t skip a beat.
Also, this had a good baseline of bettering yourself as a person and I always appreciate that.
Happy reading!
