The Beautiful Mystery
Book - 2012
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No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep in the wilderness of Quebec, where two dozen cloistered monks live in peace and prayer. . . .But when the renowned choir director is murdered, the lock on the monastery's massive wooden door is drawn bac... Read More »
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Add a QuoteGamache to Reine-Marie: "There's clearly something very wrong here, among the monks. An enmity. But when they sing it's like all of that never happened. They seem to go to another place. A deeper place. Where no quarrels exist. A place of contentment and peace. Not even joy, I think. But freedom. They seem free from the cares of the world. That young monk, Frère Luc, described it as letting go of all thought. I wonder if that's what freedom is?" p 105
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have read so many of the Chief Inspector Gamache stories and like them very much. This one doesn't ring true in most of the dialogue written for Jean-Guy. Where is usually as important as whodunnit in the Gamache stories and the same is true in this one. It was almost as though she had another book due to fulfill a contract and she couldn't really get past the chant and its history.
another good mystery taking place in an unusual setting--a monastery isolated from the public. Would really like to try those wild blueberries dipped in dark chocolate.
Not my favorite story in the series. Enjoyed the setting of the story.
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The monastery at Saint-Gilbert-Entre-Les-Loups breaks from tradition and calls on secular law and Inspector Gamache when its choir director is murdered. The methodical Gamache, overwhelmed by the sensation of Gregorian chants, while his boss undermines him, meets his soul among the monks. Classic mystery of atmosphere, character, and scholar’s plot, my first Louise Penny is not my last.
I think of all the Chief Inspector Gamache novels, this is my favorite. I loved the connection made to the monastery and the origin of musical notation. As I became immersed in the mystery and Gregorian chants, I asked Alexa to play some chants. And yet at the end I am brought back to the reality of Gamache and the rot found the Surete and know that this thread will compel me to read the next book in the series as soon as it comes out.
An award-winning, beautifully written, compelling mystery set in the serenity of a secluded monastery.