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The books of May are here—fresh, fierce, and full of feels.

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Wedding season includes searching for a missing bride�and a killer . . .


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Sometimes the path forward begins with a step back.


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One island. Three generations. A summer that changes everything.


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A snapshot made them legends. What it didn�t show could tear them apart.


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This life coach will give you a lift!


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A twisty, "addictive," mystery about jealousy and bad intentions


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Trapped by magic, haunted by muses�she must master the cards before they�re lost to darkness.


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Masquerades, secrets, and a forbidden romance stitched into every seam.


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A vanished manuscript. A murdered expert. A castle full of secrets�and one sharp-witted sleuth.


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Two warrior angels. First friends, now lovers. Their future? A WILD UNKNOWN.


The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny

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A Better Man, August 2019
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Bury Your Dead, November 2018
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Glass Houses, September 2017
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A Great Reckoning, May 2017
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A Great Reckoning, September 2016
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The Nature of the Beast, August 2016
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The Nature Of The Beast, September 2015
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The Louise Penny Box Set, September 2014
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The Long Way Home, September 2014
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How the Light Gets In, September 2013
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The Beautiful Mystery, September 2012
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A Trick Of The Light, July 2012
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A Trick Of The Light, September 2011
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Bury Your Dead, October 2010
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The Brutal Telling, October 2009
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A Rule Against Murder, September 2009
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The Beautiful Mystery
Louise Penny


Armand Gamache #8
Minotaur Books
September 2012
On Sale: August 28, 2012
384 pages
ISBN: 0312655460
EAN: 9780312655464
Kindle: B0071VURHW
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Mystery

The brilliant new novel in the New York Times bestselling series by Louise Penny, one of the most acclaimed crime writers of our time No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep in the wilderness of Quebec, where two dozen cloistered monks live in peace and prayer. They grow vegetables, they tend chickens, they make chocolate. And they sing. Ironically, for a community that has taken a vow of silence, the monks have become world-famous for their glorious voices, raised in ancient chants whose effect on both singer and listener is so profound it is known as “the beautiful mystery.” But when the renowned choir director is murdered, the lock on the monastery’s massive wooden door is drawn back to admit Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Sûreté du Québec. There they discover disquiet beneath the silence, discord in the apparent harmony. One of the brothers, in this life of prayer and contemplation, has been contemplating murder. As the peace of the monastery crumbles, Gamache is forced to confront some of his own demons, as well as those roaming the remote corridors. Before finding the killer, before restoring peace, the Chief must first consider the divine, the human, and the cracks in between.

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Chief Inspector Gamache

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