The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, By Louise Penny

Chaos is coming, old son.

With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. Everybody goes to Olivier's Bistro―including a stranger whose murdered body is found on the floor. When Chief Inspector Gamache is called to investigate, he is dismayed to discover that Olivier's story is full of holes. Why are his fingerprints all over the cabin that's uncovered deep in the wilderness, with priceless antiques and the dead man's blood? And what other secrets and layers of lies are buried in the seemingly idyllic village?
386 pages

The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, By Louise Penny

This fifth in the Inspector Gamache series finds the Chief Inspector and his team back in  Three Pines investigating the murder of a hermit, whose body is found in The Bistro.  As the mystery unfolds, everyone is dismayed to learn of Olivier's involvement with the old man, and that he is not exactly who he was thought to be.  The story is full of revelations about him as well as other townspeople, which takes some of the luster off of the idyllic village.
386 pages