The beautiful mystery
2012 • 384 pages

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The brilliant new novel in the bestselling series by Penny, one of the most acclaimed crime writers of our time.


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17 primary books18 released books

#8 in Chief Inspector Gamache Mysteries

Chief Inspector Gamache Mysteries is a 18-book series with 17 released primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Louise Penny.

#1
Still Life
#2
A Fatal Grace
#3
The Cruelest Month
#4
A Rule Against Murder
#5
The Brutal Telling
#6
Bury Your Dead
#6.5
The Hangman
#7
A Trick of the Light
#8
The beautiful mystery
#9
How the Light Gets In
#10
The Long Way Home
#11
The Nature of the Beast

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When I see the other Goodreads reviews, I think I am in a minority that prefers the books set outside of Three Pines to the ones set within.

April 16, 2018

What an emotional rollercoaster. Despite missing the Three Pines group, I thought the setting and plot were perfectly ominous.

September 24, 2018
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