Why did Bernice love this book?
I have been “running” Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache mysteries since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. I don’t read mysteries usually, but hers are addicting.
This book would make a fine Christmas-time read. It tickles our thinking about “the divine” and about being human.
This Penny murder mystery takes Gamache and Beauvoir into the Quebec wilderness to a monastery known for its chanting. The monks here try to “touch the divine” in everything they do while distancing themselves from the recent killing.
I love the author’s thematic artistry with light and darkness, as well as her sensory threading in a monastic setting that attempts to minimize it. As with the characters, our senses are activated all along the footpath of the mystery reveal.
5 authors picked The Beautiful Mystery as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
Winner of the Anthony Award for Best Crime Novel
Winner of the Macavity Award for Best Crime Novel
Winner of the Agatha Award for Best Crime Novel
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Hidden deep in the wilderness are the cloisters of two dozen monks - men of prayer and music, famous the world over for their glorious voices. But a brutal death throws the monastery doors open to the world. And through them walks the only man who can shine light upon the dark…