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A Trick of the Light

Chief Inspector Gamache/Three Pines, Book 7

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By: Louise Penny
Narrated by: Adam Sims
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 'A cracking storyteller' ANN CLEEVES

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

In the green depths of spring, morning breaks on a woman splayed in a bed of flowers - her eyes wide, her neck broken.

Her death is a mystery; so is the woman herself. But as Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team peer into the dark corners of the victim's past, they expose a secret that rots at the very heart of their community - a secret that will implicate someone they've trusted for years. And as Gamache knows too well, in the flickering shadows of death, the truth may be just a trick of the light.

'Stellar . . . With her smart plot and fascinating, nuanced characters, Penny proves again that she is one of our finest writers' PEOPLE MAGAZINE

(P) 2012 Isis Audiobooks©2010 Three Pines Creations Inc Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Crime

Critic Reviews

Stellar . . . With her smart plot and fascinating, nuanced characters, Penny proves again that she is one of our finest writers
Outstanding . . . Penny effectively employs the interplay of light and dark . . . which resonates symbolically in the souls of the characters
A commanding and artful performance . . . For connoisseurs of mysteries, success is judged by the genre's holy trinity: plot, people and prose. When all three attain excellence, a fourth quality shines through: power . . . what lifts her work to the highest plane is the deep sense of humanity with which she invests her novels, and A TRICK OF THE LIGHT satisfies and surpasses that standard
Louise Penny's writing is intricate, beautiful and compelling. She is an original voice, a distillation of both PD James and Barbara Vine at their peaks and a worthy successor to both
All stars
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Love this series. The characters continue to develop with each novel. It’s a gentle relaxing listen and the narration is perfect.

Just wonderful

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Best Louise Penny mystery yet! I loved it! Favourite characters from the past, intriguing new ones, a complex mystery, musings of philosophy and insights about the art world ....and humour! What more could one want!

Best Louise Penny so far!

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Yet another spectacular installment in the Chief Inspector Gamache series! I love the regular characters, the new additions, the plot, the character development, and the weaving of extra story lines amongst the main plot. Adam Sims' narration is brilliant as always, and is in fact how I discovered Louise Penny - I was looking for audio books narrated by Adam! I enjoyed the references to the art world, and as a foodie I especially appreciate the detailed descriptions of French cuisine! Bring on the next book I say!!

Louise and Adam deliver again!!

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Louise Penny sets this latest mystery amidst the seething resentments and insecurities of the Canadian art world. Once again Gamache seeks answers in the victim's past exploring in great depth issues of personal responsibility and whether or not individuals are capable of meaningful change.

The Art of Murder

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Narrator let the recording down by starting out with a plumy English accent for Gamache, and then at times lapsing into the one that he uses in all the later books I’ve listened too.
I must have only listened to later volumes as this one is set before Annie gets together with Gamache’s 2nd in command. I don’t like the pre Annie version of him

Ok, but not her best

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