Name: A Great Reckoning von Louise Penny
SKU: 9780751552690
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A Great Reckoning Zusammenfassung

A Great Reckoning Louise Penny

Winner of the the Barry, Macavity, & Anthony Awards for Best Novel 2017
Winner of the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Crime Novel 2016
A Goodreads Best Mystery & Thriller of 2016 finalist

Former Chief Inspector Gamache has been hunting killers his entire career and as the new commander of the Surete Academy, he is given the chance to combat the corruption and brutality that has been rife throughout the force. But when a former colleague and professor of the Surete Academy is found murdered, with a mysterious map of Three Pines in his possession, Gamache has an even tougher task ahead of him.

When suspicion turns to Gamache himself, and his possible involvement in the crime, the frantic search for answers takes the investigation to the village of Three Pines, where a series of shattering secrets are poised to be revealed . . .

Ingenious, gripping, and powerful, A Great Reckoning is the twelfth spellbinding novel in the Chief Inspector Gamache series from number one bestseller, Louise Penny. Evocative and atmospheric, this magnificent work of crime fiction will stay with you long after you turn the final page.

A Great Reckoning Bewertungen

Penny's elliptical style works brilliantly in a novel that combines modern-day police corruption with century-old tragedy * Sunday Times *
Penny's elliptical style works brilliantly in a novel that combines modern-day police corruption with century-old tragedy * Sunday Times *
Brimming with atmosphere and steeped in soul-searching . . . Penny combines clever plotting with beautifully evocative descriptions * Daily Express *
Brimming with atmosphere and steeped in soul-searching . . . Penny combines clever plotting with beautifully evocative descriptions * Daily Express *
Her work is rich with luminous prose, complex but uncluttered plots, and profound compassion * Seattle Times *
Her work is rich with luminous prose, complex but uncluttered plots, and profound compassion * Seattle Times *
Chilling . . . Penny's skillful pacing and idiosyncratic characters only add to the suspense * Real Simple *
Chilling . . . Penny's skillful pacing and idiosyncratic characters only add to the suspense * Real Simple *
Deep and grand and altogether extraordinary . . . Miraculous. * Washington Post *
Deep and grand and altogether extraordinary . . . Miraculous. * Washington Post *
Artful . . . Powerful . . . Magical * New York Times Book Review *
Artful . . . Powerful . . . Magical * New York Times Book Review *
A compelling mystery and a rich human drama in which no character is either entirely good or evil, and each is capable of inspiring empathy. * Booklist (starred) *
A compelling mystery and a rich human drama in which no character is either entirely good or evil, and each is capable of inspiring empathy. * Booklist (starred) *
Riveting . . . with characters of incredible depth who only add to the strength of the plot. * Library Journal *
Riveting . . . with characters of incredible depth who only add to the strength of the plot. * Library Journal *
An exhilarating whodunit * People *
An exhilarating whodunit * People *
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 * Peter James *
Pacy and drips with atmosphere * Saga *

Über Louise Penny

Louise Penny is the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Gamache series, including Still Life, which won the CWA John Creasey Dagger in 2006. Recipient of virtually every existing award for crime fiction, Louise was also granted the Order of Canada in 2014 and received an honorary doctorate of literature from Carleton University and the Ordre Nationale du Quebec in 2017. She lives in a small village south of Montreal.

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR008757075

ISBN 13

9780751552690

ISBN 10

0751552690

Titel

A Great Reckoning Louise Penny

Autor

Louise Penny

Serien

Chief Inspector Gamache

Zustand

Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

Little, Brown Book Group

Datum

2017-11-16

Anzahl der Seiten

528

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