The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny

I didn't think it was possible for me not to like a Louise Penny mystery but I have to say that this was my least favorite installment of the Inspector Gamache series!  I think she worked a little bit too hard to work the title into the storyline?  To be fair there were some very funny bits with Ruth Zardo, the eighty something poet, and her surrogate child, Rosa  the duck, but I think the main purpose of this book was to give the reader some background for the next book in the series.  Read this book for the context and be prepared to be enthralled by Bury Your Dead! 372 pages.