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A Better Man

Chief Inspector Gamache, Book 15

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A Better Man

By: Louise Penny
Narrated by: Adam Sims
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'One of the greatest crime writers of our times' DENISE MINA
'No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny' ELLY GRIFFITHS

There is more to solving a crime than following the clues.
Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings.

The air is unbearably tense as Armand Gamache returns to work since being demoted from its command to head of homicide. Amid blistering personal social media attacks, Gamache sets out on his first assignment. He has been tasked with finding a missing woman, but while he leads the search for Vivienne Godin, his home of Three Pines itself is threatened when the river breaks its banks, and an emergency is declared.

As the waters rise, a body is discovered - and the victim's distraught father contemplates revenge. Gamache is a father himself, and is haunted by a question . . . what would he do, if his child's killer might walk free?

Millions of fans worldwide.
One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache.

©2019 Louise Penny (P)2019 Ulverscroft Ltd Crime Crime Thrillers Modern Detectives Mystery Police Procedural Thriller & Suspense Thriller Fiction Suspense Murder

Critic Reviews

"She makes most of her competitors seem like wannabes." (The Times)

"The series is deep and grand and altogether extraordinary.... Miraculous." (Washington Post)
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The stories just get better with each book. Finishing each book and leaving Three Pines is like saying goodbye to best friends.

Fantastic

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Terrific story and narration, I’ve found it difficult to get into these books up until this one. I really loved it. Makes me want to go to Quebec.
Great characters too. A bloody good read.

A better man

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"A Better Man" ticked all the right boxes for me. I love all of Louise Penny's books but this one has become my current favourite! The story was complex with a number of different suspects but also the journey of Inspector Gamesh with the Surete is as riveting as the main plot. Amazing twists and well developed plot as well was some surprises at the end, great to see the familiar characters showing up again! Can't wait for the next one at Three Pines.

OUTSTANDING STORY AND PERFORMANCE!

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I am broken-hearted to finish this last instalment in the series... it really has set a very high standard in entertainment value by my reckoning, and I was dismayed, upon returning to other authors and reading some of their newer series, to feel very dissatisfied and let down by the 'lightweight' calibre of story telling compared with Louise Penny's Gamache series. Definitely the absolute best series I have ever read, and I have been a bibliomaniac and bibliophile most of my life (now in my 60s).... I can only hope Ms Penny is able to create a new crime thriller hero or give Gamache an injection of fresh enthusiasm for protecting Three Pines for another few years at least! Highly recommend this series, it is FABULOUS!!

Gamache has set a very high standard

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This was my very first audiobook experience- just joined audible, so I was excited to see this very newly released book in the Inspector Gamash series set in and around the small Québéc village of Three Pines. While I still loved the book, and found the medium of an audiobook excellent for this story, it wasn’t one of the best in the series. It’s well written and the characters are engaging, but I think it’s hard to sustain such a long series. It breaks my heart to say that, as I really enjoy this delightful and thoughtful series- and eagerly await each new release. But I think there must be an end point, before they sort of drift to an end. Well worth a read, and while you could read this as a stand alone- you should go back to the beginning to discover the joy of Three Pines and the characters who live there. Perhaps Louise Penny, a lovely writer can discover a new story line - and a new series for her avid and devoted fans.

First audiobook - favourite series

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I prefer the previous narrator, this guy is too dry and boring, it ruins a very good book.

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