The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
by Louise Penny
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A #1 New York Times Bestseller, Louise Penny's The Long Way Home is an intriguing Chief Inspector Gamache Novel.
Happily retired in the village of Three Pines, Armand Gamache, former Chief Inspector of Homicide with the Sûreté du Québec, has found a peace he'd only imagined possible. On warm summer mornings he sits on a bench holding a small book, The Balm in Gilead, in his large hands. "There is a balm in Gilead," his neighbor Clara Morrow reads from the dust jacket, "to make the wounded whole."
While Gamache doesn't talk about his wounds and his balm, Clara tells him about hers. Peter, her artist husband, has failed to come home. Failed to show up as promised on the first anniversary of their separation. She wants Gamache's help to find him. Having finally found sanctuary, Gamache feels a near revulsion at the thought of leaving Three Pines. "There's power enough in Heaven," he finishes the quote as he contemplates the quiet village, "to cure a sin-sick soul." And then he gets up. And joins her.
Together with his former second-in-command, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and Myrna Landers, they journey deeper and deeper into Québec. And deeper and deeper into the soul of Peter Morrow. A man so desperate to recapture his fame as an artist, he would sell that soul. And may have. The journey takes them further and further from Three Pines, to the very mouth of the great St. Lawrence river. To an area so desolate, so damned, the first mariners called it the land God gave to Cain. And there they discover the terrible damage done by a sin-sick soul.
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Book Details
ISBN:
9781250022059
EAN:
1250022053
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
400
Authors:
Louise Penny
Publisher:
Minotaur Books

The pretentiousness got old very quickly. Twenty chapters about art. Got to be a slog. Time to take a break from Three Pines.I am not Sharla Jane, btw. I am Gordon, her husband.
The people of Three Pines are as much the star of this series as Armand Gamache. Never is that more true than in The Long Way Home. Peter Morrow and his wife Clara have experienced, at Clara's command a one year separation. But he does not come home.at the years end. Why? Where is he? Gamache is retired living in Three Pines full time. Isabel LaCoste has replaced him as Chief Inspector of the homicide division of the Surete. Jean Guy Behavior is married to Gamache's daughter Annie. And the whole community is concerned about what Peter's absence means. Thus Three Pines stands with Clara in her search unsure whether the finding of Peter will be a good answer to her pain -- or not.
This is the tenth book in the series and reading them has brought joy - the kind of feeling that I’m a part of the three pines world. This book was full of “who done it” mystery and deep believable insights of human nature. It’s a tale of choices we make to be better than before, to have courage and faith that we can evolve regardless…
Although this book was a change from the Louise Penny' s previous books in the Gamache series, I thoroughly enjoyed it.I found it a bit more thought provoking and with more funny lines than most of her books. It was a nice change for me, but I would rather she return to her previous style.Ralph Cosham is amazing in his ability to change into different characters frequently and quickly. He smoothly keeps the book moving and enjoyable. He is my favorite reader, and I listen to a great many books.
You will want to read this, and then read it again. There is so much going on. Not confusing, but deep. And you need time to see the layers.
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