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A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #12)

Louise Penny

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Sep 29, 2016 Lilisa rated it it was amazing

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It was so great to be transported back to Three Pines once again and to experience another fantastic and exquisitely written mystery by Louise Penny. Having retired from the Surete du Quebec, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is now Commander of Quebec's Surete Training Academy. But the sickness that ran through the Surete Quebec is lurking in the training academy and Gamache is once again challenged to strategically outsmart and outmaneuver unknown forces he’s up against. In some way, his moral co ...more

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Apr 11, 2016 writer... rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Reserved on my library's hold list ... yay August! ...more

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Nov 22, 2017 Cooper rated it it was amazing

Another fantastic Inspector Gamache mystery. Coming out of retirement to head the Sûreté Academy and to mold and inspire the future of the Sûreté du Quebec, Gamache finds himself in the middle of another murder, with himself as a suspect. Gamache's history has certainly led to having many enemies, but when one ends up murdered and Gamache acts out of character, what's the deal?

Again Ms. Penny takes us through twists and turns. Just when I thought I knew who the murderer was, the murderer acted a ...more

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Sep 23, 2016 writer... rated it it was amazing

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Fantastic new release in Armand Gamache series by talented Canadian author, Louise Penny. Don't miss... ...more

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Sep 03, 2016 Susan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction-mystery, world-lit-na-canada, 2016

A Great Reckoning began a bit darker than I had expected. There was a certain darkness present throughout the story, always lying underneath and occasionally raising its head.

We learn quite a bit more about the past, both of the community of Three Pines and the Surete.

This may have been the best book of the series. ...more

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May 08, 2017 Shawn Bird rated it it was amazing

Another great read from Louise Penny!

1st eread May 2017
2nd audio read Nov 2018 (Book 105 for the year)
3rd audio read Jan 2020 (book 14 for the year)

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