59 pages • 1 hour read
The Cruelest Month
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Overview
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny is the third book in her Chief Inspector Gamache series. Published by St. Martin’s Press, the novel earned the Agatha Award for Best Novel of 2008. Formerly a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) journalist and radio host, Penny published her debut novel, Still Life, in 2005. The first book in the Gamache series, Still Life received numerous awards and propelled Penny into the top echelon of modern mystery writers. The series is praised for its character-driven narrative and finely crafted plots, and it was adapted into a television series by Amazon called Three Pines.
This study guide uses the eBook edition published in 2008 by Minotaur Books.
Plot Summary
Following the adventures of Inspector Gamache and his team in Still Life and A Fatal Grace, The Cruelest Month sees them all return to Three Pines, a small village in Quebec, to solve the murder of Madeleine Favreau. She died suddenly at a séance the villagers held at the Hadley house, an infamous local landmark that was the site of a prior murder. Gamache and Beauvoir, his second in command, have been in the Hadley house before, and even Beauvoir, a self-proclaimed skeptic, believes the house is evil and should be destroyed.
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