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"What happened here last night isn't allowed," said Madame Dubois.
It was such an extraordinary thing to say it stopped the ravenous Inspector Beauvoir from taking another bite of his roast beef on baguette.
"You have a rule against murder?" he asked.
"I do. When my husband and I bought the Bellechasse we made a pact....Everything that stepped foot on this land would be safe."
It is the height of summer, and Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache are celebrating their wedding anniversary at Manoir Bellechasse, an isolated, luxurious inn not far from the village of Three Pines. But they're not alone. The Finney family―rich, cultured, and respectable―has also arrived for a celebration of their own.
The beautiful Manoir Bellechasse might be surrounded by nature, but there is something unnatural looming. As the heat rises and the humidity closes in, some surprising guests turn up at the family reunion, and a terrible summer storm leaves behind a dead body. It is up to Chief Inspector Gamache to unearth secrets long buried and hatreds hidden behind polite smiles. The chase takes him to Three Pines, into the dark corners of his own life, and finally to a harrowing climax.
- Sales Rank: #9068 in Books
- Published on: 2011-03-15
- Released on: 2011-03-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.16" h x .91" w x 5.52" l, .64 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 336 pages
From Publishers Weekly
Murder interrupts Chief Insp. Armand Gamache and his wife's annual summer holiday at Quebec's isolated, lake-front Manoir Bellechasse in Agatha-winner Penny's intriguing, well-crafted fourth mystery (after 2008's The Cruelest Month). Irene Finney, the matriarch of a large eccentric family having a reunion at the Manoir, marks the event by having installed in the lodge's garden a statue of the long-dead father of her middle-aged children. When the massive statue falls and crushes one of the daughters, Gamache investigates and discovers no love lost among the surviving offspring. Also in the suspect pool are Bellechasse's owner, chef and maître d'. Despite the scorn the snobbish Finneys heap on Gamache's sleuthing efforts as well as his own infamous family tree, the inspector treats them all respectfully as he seeks to bring a killer to justice. Seamless, often lyrical prose artfully reveals the characters' flaws, dreams and blessings. Author tour. (Jan.)
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From Booklist
*Starred Review* Readers who haven’t discovered Louise Penny and her Armand Gamache series yet are in for a treat. In the latest entry, Chief Inspector Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec has traveled to the luxurious and remote Manoir Bellechasse with his wife, Reine-Marie. Each year they return to the manor to celebrate their wedding anniversary on July 1, Canada Day. This year they are fellow guests with the Finney family. Two of the members of that family are old friends Peter and Clara Morrow from the village of Three Pines on the Rivière Bella Bella, where the first three books in this series took place. Not only are we treated to Penny’s usual rich characterizations, but the atmospheric and beautiful language will make you want to take your next vacation at the manoir. Of course, a crime does occur, and Gamache ends up on a busman’s holiday. One of the eccentric Finney family members dies in a very grotesque manner, and Gamache calls in his team to help solve the mystery. First, Armand has to figure out why the victim was killed, and, in fact, it wouldn’t hurt to determine how the deed was done. Suspects abound, naturally, and Gamache sorts through them with aplomb. One of the best traditional mystery series currently being published. --Judy Coon
Review
“Louise Penny applies her magic touch to A RULE AGAINST MURDER, giving the village mystery an elegance and depth not often seen in this traditional genre. Although Penny is no slouch at constructing a whodunit puzzle, her great skill is her ability to create a charming mise-en-scène and inhabit it with complex characters.”
―Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
“Reminiscent of classic Christie… This latest treat in the series will keep fans salivating in anticipation, savoring each delectable morsel and yearning for more.”
―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Readers who haven’t discovered Louise Penny and her Armand Gamache series yet are in for a treat… Not only are we treated to Penny’s usual rich characterizations, but the atmospheric and beautiful language will make you want to take your next vacation at the manoir….One of the best traditional mystery series currently being published.”
―Booklist (starred review)
“Penny has garnered numerous awards for her elegant literary mysteries… Penny’s engaging, well-crafted mystery probes the dynamics of a severely dysfunctional family and the festering wounds that lead to its ultimate destruction. Her psychological acumen, excellent prose, and ingenious plotting make this essential reading for mystery lovers and admirers of superb literary fiction.”
―Library Journal (starred review)
“Seamless, often lyrical prose artfully reveals the characters’ flaws,
dreams and blessings.”
―Publishers Weekly
“MURDER is a fine read, as Penny illuminates her characters in subtle strokes.”
―Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Once again, Penny concocts an intricate and intriguing plot and peoples it with credible characters and the continually fascinating Gamache… and her writing is lovely, powerful and uniquely imaginative, prose that approaches the poetic… No murder would be complete, of course, without death. But in Penny’s caring hands, the focus in A RULE AGAINST MURDER – as it is in all of this profoundly humane series – is on life, and on life made richer by the author’s deep sense of decency.”
―Richmond Times-Dispatch
“An ingenious, impossible crime puzzle for the reader...”
―Denver Post
“At least two people are waiting very impatiently for this review to be done so I can pass the new Louise Penny along to them. With just her fourth book, she already has that kind of (well-deserved) following...”
―Charlotte Observer (4 out of 4 stars)
“Gamache is an undemonstrative poetry-loving detective in the tradition of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Ruth Rendell's Wexford. Because of a dark spot in his own family's history, Gamache understands that ‘spreading pain around doesn't lessen your own.’ Surprisingly, no murder occurs until 90 pages into this mystery, but in Penny's skilled literary hands, it doesn't matter.”
―Minneapolis Star Tribune
“What a delight to have Inspector Gamache back on the scene. Penny does a superb job of gradually leading readers into the story… If you haven’t read the preceding books,
terrific stories await!”
―RT Book Magazine (4 ½ stars)
“If anyone can make even the most detailed investigation exciting and compelling, it’s this talented author. And so for those who love that kind of thing, this is one of the best.”
―New Mystery Reader
“I can’t recommend this series highly enough.”
―Kingston Observer
Most helpful customer reviews
92 of 95 people found the following review helpful.
"Rule: never perform card tricks for people you play poker with." Proverb
By michael a. draper
Armand Gamache and his wife arrive at Manoir Bellechasse, for their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary, expecting a quiet, romantic vacation.
They are the ideal guests, not complaining and happy with the room they are given. They are greeted by their old friend, innkeeper Clementine Dubois, at the reception desk.
Clementine tells them that the Finneys have taken the other five rooms for a reunion, all coming in their expensive cars and asking for free upgrades.
The highlight of the Finney's vacation is the unveiling of the statue of Mrs. Finney's former husband, Charles Morrow.
We learn some of the family antagonisms which come to a point when the statue of Morrow is overturned and beneath the statue is the body of one of the Finneys.
As the family is interviewed, we learn more of the petty jealousies and dislikes that members of the family had toward each other.
The author has a way of describing the action as if the reader was a guest at the inn, observing the character's actions and listening to their complaints.
A well done mystery with excellent characters and a well described setting. I kept trying to guess who the killer might be, only to be surprised.
43 of 46 people found the following review helpful.
4.5 stars - Gamache on a busman's holiday
By L. J. Roberts
First Sentence: More than a century ago the Robber Barons discovered Lac Massawippi.
Inspector Armund Gamache and his wife Reine-Marie have come to Manoir Bellechasse where they've come for more than 30 years to celebrate their wedding anniversary. They find the rest of the rooms in the small hotel reserved by members of the Finney family. A surprise comes when the Gamache's discover two members of the Finney family are their friends Peter and Clara from Three Pines.
It becomes a busman's holiday when one of the daughters is found dead under a newly installed memorial statue of her father.
There is a much deeper layer to Ms. Penny's books than the normal mystery--one that makes you think and then question those thoughts; to look at things in a new way and see them differently. Ms. Penny employs incredible imagery as well as poetry interspersed through the story, and wonderful humor.
Characters are another great strength of Ms. Perry. Gamache is a man of many layers. We learn much more of his personal history. I love his relationship to his wife and his investigative team. The members of his team each have their own strengths and perspectives with the cumulative result of solving their cases. The Finney family members and hotel employees are just as well drawn. Each character is significant to the story.
Ms. Penny also includes a bit of history of Quebec with an interesting perspective on the success of the Quebecois in the 1960 and that many of the young people left Quebec as they didn't speak French and found it difficult to get work. "They lost their children for the sake of a language." None of this overshadows the quality of the mystery itself.
It is tightly plotted, intricate and clever with some excellent suspense. The clues are all there to be found, but I didn't put it together until it was presented. Ms. Penny is highly skilled in bringing together all these elements into one enormously enjoyable and satisfying read.
55 of 64 people found the following review helpful.
"We're all blessed and we're all blighted."
By E. Bukowsky
It is summertime in Louise Penny's "A Rule Against Murder." Armand Gamache and his wife, Reine-Marie, are celebrating their wedding anniversary as they do every year, in the luxurious Manoir Bellechasse, "one of the finest auberges in Quebec." Its isolated location, beautiful lakeside view, and well-tended gardens make the Manoir the perfect retreat for weary guests. Visitors to the lodge know that they will be pampered by solicitous employees who anticipate their every need, and that they will enjoy delicious meals expertly prepared by a master chef. What the Gamaches do not know is that they will be thrown together with a horribly dysfunctional family consisting of seven people: an arrogant matriarch, Irene Finney, her second husband, Bert, Irene's four children, Thomas, Julia, Peter, and Marianna, and Marianna's ten-year-old child, Bean. The Gamaches are disconcerted by the contemptuous manner in which the Finneys and Morrows treat one another.
When one of them is found killed, Armand reveals that he is Chief Inspector Gamache, the head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec. He senses that the palpable tension among the Morrows and Finneys stems from long-held secrets and grudges. However, at first, Gamache and his subordinates, Inspector Jean Guy Beauvior and Agent Isabelle Lacoste, have no idea who committed the murder and why. The chief inspector is a civilized and caring person with a keen understanding of how the criminal mind works. He discerns subtle clues and feelings that less talented investigators often overlook. This time, unfortunately, even Gamache is flabbergasted by a strange crime with very little evidence and a group of suspects, all of whom had motive, means, and opportunity to commit murder. He desperately searches for answers before another life is lost.
"A Rule Against Murder" is at its best when Gamache, a natural leader with a sterling reputation, takes center stage. He and his colleagues interview the staff and guests at the Manoir, trying to find out who might have benefited from the victim's demise. We gradually get a picture of a family divided, each nursing petty resentments and slights that should have been laid to rest long ago. Penny skillfully contrasts this bickering bunch with Armand and Reine-Marie, soul mates who have been blissfully married for over thirty years.
This is a conventional story with a few strange twists. All of the principal characters are under one roof, so at least the police have a focus for their inquiries. Finding the perpetrator, however, will require both imagination and luck. Unfortunately, the reader is forced to spend too much time with a bunch of mean-spirited, selfish, and spiteful individuals who behave like spoiled brats. Peter candidly admits to his friend, Armand, whom he knows well from their hometown, Three Pines, "We're a greedy family, Gamache. Greedy, and even cruel." In addition, the improbable and melodramatic conclusion is not particularly suspenseful or compelling. "A Rule Against Murder" is a talky and languidly paced mystery that explores the ways in which men and women lash out at those who have hurt them.
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