Description

Book Synopsis

The wise and beleaguered Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines for the fifth book in Louise Penny''s award-winning and critically revered mystery series

Chaos is coming, old son.

With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. Everybody goes to Olivier''s Bistroincluding a stranger whose murdered body is found on the floor. When Chief Inspector Gamache is called to investigate, he is dismayed to discover that Olivier''s story is full of holes. Why are his fingerprints all over the cabin that''s uncovered deep in the wilderness, with priceless antiques and the dead man''s blood? And what other secrets and layers of lies are buried in the seemingly idyllic village?

Gamache follows a trail of clues and treasuresfrom first editions of Charlotte''s Web and Jane Eyre to a spiderweb with a word mysteriously woven in itinto the woods and across the continent, before returning to Three Pines to confront the truth an

The Brutal Telling

    Product form

    A Paperback / softback by Louise Penny

    £16.19

    Includes FREE delivery

    RRP £17.99 – you save £1.80 (10%)

    Order before 4pm today for delivery by Fri 18 Sep 2026.

    Out of stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny

      Book details

      Publisher Minotaur Books
      Published 31 August 2010
      ISBN-13 9780312661687
      978-0312661687
      ISBN-10 0312661681
      Also in:
      Books by Louise Penny

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The wise and beleaguered Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines for the fifth book in Louise Penny''s award-winning and critically revered mystery series

      Chaos is coming, old son.

      With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. Everybody goes to Olivier''s Bistroincluding a stranger whose murdered body is found on the floor. When Chief Inspector Gamache is called to investigate, he is dismayed to discover that Olivier''s story is full of holes. Why are his fingerprints all over the cabin that''s uncovered deep in the wilderness, with priceless antiques and the dead man''s blood? And what other secrets and layers of lies are buried in the seemingly idyllic village?

      Gamache follows a trail of clues and treasuresfrom first editions of Charlotte''s Web and Jane Eyre to a spiderweb with a word mysteriously woven in itinto the woods and across the continent, before returning to Three Pines to confront the truth an

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account