The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
02/05/2023
12. The Nature of the Beast of Louise Penny (CIGM #11, WM Quebecois, CW: Child Death, Serial Killer, Child killer)
I am going to let this book sit with me a bit. I don't feel ready to jump into the next because of what wringer the residents of Three Pines have been through already. We learn so much more about Ruth and explicitly explore the notion of Three Pines as sanctuary, heaven paradise or alternatively limbo, hell or a prison. I looked at Gamache in a new light as he let Chief Inspector Lacoste make her own choices but at the same time didn't seem to shy away from taking responsibility as he did in the previous book. I really struggled with the gambit Lacoste & Gamache agreed on near the end of the book and how much risk they put on the young adjunct. I do think it will be very natural for Gamache to take on a role at the Surete Academy.
CW: Guns, murder, child murder, war crimes, serial killer