LOUISE PENNY is the author of the #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling series of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels (Still Life, A Fatal Grace, and The Cruelest Month). She has won numerous awards, including a CWA Dagger and the Agatha Award (six times), and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. In 2017, she received the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture. Louise lives in a small village south of Montr�al.
"Penny's absorbing, intricately plotted 13th Gamache novel proves
she only gets better at pursuing dark truths with compassion and
grace." --PEOPLE "Louise Penny wrote the book on escapist
mysteries." --The New York Times Book Review "You won't want Louise
Penny's latest to end....Any plot summary of Penny's novels
inevitably falls short of conveying the dark magic of this
series.... It takes nerve and skill -- as well as heart -- to write
mysteries like this."
--Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post "Ms. Penny has a gift for
linking the mundane to the mythic. Steadfast, civilized and grimly
determined, Gamache becomes a heraldic figure, as brave and cunning
as the hero of an Icelandic saga, and the contemporary evils he
battles have apocalyptic overtones....[With a] cinematic finale, in
which the book's well-laid and carefully sustained suspense is at
last released." --Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal "Outstanding....On
all counts, 'Glass Houses' succeeds brilliantly, full of elegant
prose, intricate plots, and--most of all--Penny's moving,
emotionally complex hero and his circle of friends and
colleagues."
--The Seattle Times "Penny--whose books wind up on Best Novels of
the Year lists, not 'just' Best Mysteries--is a one-woman argument
against literary snobbery....Top notch....Penny is a master of the
slow burn, with readers only seeing the final pattern as everything
is set aflame." --Christian Science Monitor
"In the most intriguing installment yet....Louise Penny deftly
combines crime and punishment, a timeless avenger and a dark
exploration of the conscience....A great and twisting tale, as
we've come to expect from the previous 12 Gamache novels, but also
an exploration of moral judgments, mental frailty and the eerie
notion of reckoning: We all must pay our debts...A profound story."
-- Minneapolis Star Tribune "Penny's latest is one of her best
ever. From the very first page, when Gamache begins his testimony
in a court case, the reader is riveted....I couldn't stop reading.
This is the perfect holiday weekend book."
--Margaret Cannon, The Globe and Mail
"Gamache will face life-changing questions about the nature of
guilt and innocence and the thin blue line separating law and
conscience, leaving the reader contemplating these conundrums well
after the final page has been turned." --BookPage (Top Pick in
Mystery) "With grace and insight...Penny has pushed the boundaries
of the genre with each novel, and 'Glass Houses' takes them still
further. With an intricate and intelligent storyline, cherished
characters, a setting that cries out 'come live here' and a
terrifying climax, she produces another stellar literary novel. And
she does so with compassion, decency and love as she depicts evil,
exalts courage and neither flinches nor preaches as she confronts
moral ambiguities--and the health and sickness within each
soul."
--Richmond Times-Dispatch "Louise Penny steers the complex plot...
to a white-knuckle ending....If it is conceivable for Penny to top
herself, she has done so in this soul-searching, psychologically
insightful journey into each of her memorable characters."
--Bookreporter.com "The tension has never been greater...A
meticulously built mystery that follows a careful ascent toward a
breaking point that will leave you breathless. It's Three Pines as
you have never seen it before."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Three Pines is a sublime
metaphor for the precariousness of harmony wherever we find
it...one of the most entrancing fictional worlds in popular
literature." --Booklist (starred review) "The award-winning Penny
does not rest on her laurels with this challenging and timely book.
Though touched by the evils of the outside world, Three Pines
remains a singular place away from time."
--Library Journal (starred review) "Penny's poetic style of writing
and her deeply realized characters, with their mix of flaws and
heroism, make her novels irresistible....Penny delicately explores
the tension of an officer who may be sworn to uphold the law, but
who feels compelled to do something else, in a fascinating novel
that is sure to appeal to a variety of readers--whether they
typically enjoy mysteries or not." --ShelfAwareness "An exciting,
high-stakes climax." -- Publishers Weekly
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