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Violence
A lot
A past murder investigation and its current consequences; some violence; psychological manipulation
Language
Some
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild content
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking in the Three Pines context
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The ethics of keeping a secret from people who have the right to know it; the specific damage done to children who grew up in the shadow of an unsolved crime
What this book is about
Vivienne Godin was murdered in Three Pines years ago, and her children — now grown — have come back to find out what really happened. Chief Inspector Gamache, now head of the Sûreté du Québec, has information he has been protecting them from. Louise Penny's eighteenth Gamache novel deals with the weight of a secret kept in the name of protecting people who didn't ask to be protected — and with what happens when those people are ready to hear the truth. The novel weaves past and present timelines with the series' characteristic care for the village and its inhabitants.
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eighteenth Chief Inspector Gamache novel
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