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Violence
Some
Murder investigation; the past operation's violence is depicted through flashback
Language
Barely any
Mild language in Penny's gentle literary register
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Some social drinking in the Quebec setting
Emotional Intensity
A lot
PTSD, survivor guilt, and the psychological cost of command are the novel's deepest subjects — handled with Penny's characteristic wisdom and compassion
What this book is about
The sixth Chief Inspector Gamache novel splits between two timelines: Gamache recuperating in Quebec City after a devastating operation that cost lives, and the events of that operation revealed gradually through flashback. A murder at the Literary and Historical Society building draws him into Quebec's unresolved historical tensions. Penny writes mystery with extraordinary psychological depth; Gamache's PTSD and survivor guilt are rendered with care and honesty. One of the finest entries in the series.
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