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Violence
Some
Murder investigation; moderate crime violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Some social drinking in the Three Pines setting
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of failure, guilt, redemption, and the ongoing psychological work of leadership
What this book is about
Returning from compassionate leave to Three Pines, Gamache oversees a student chief inspector on his first murder investigation while spring floods threaten the village. Penny's fifteenth Gamache novel is a meditation on failure, forgiveness, and what it means to be a better person. The mystery is solved, but the emotional architecture is the real achievement.
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Murder investigation
Themes of failure and forgiveness
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