Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Can't-Wait Wednesday: A World of Curiosities

Can't-Wait Wednesday is hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings and helps us spotlight upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating!
 
Louise Penny
Expected publication date: November 29, 2022

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's beloved series.

It’s spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge.

But something has.

As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and woman have reappeared in the Sûreté du Québec investigators’ lives after many years. The two were young children when their troubled mother was murdered, leaving them damaged, shattered. Now they’ve arrived in the village of Three Pines.

But to what end?

Gamache and Beauvoir’s memories of that tragic case, the one that first brought them together, come rushing back. Did their mother’s murder hurt them beyond repair? Have those terrible wounds, buried for decades, festered and are now about to erupt?

As Chief Inspector Gamache works to uncover answers, his alarm grows when a letter written by a long dead stone mason is discovered. In it the man describes his terror when bricking up an attic room somewhere in the village. Every word of the 160-year-old letter is filled with dread. When the room is found, the villagers decide to open it up.

As the bricks are removed, Gamache, Beauvoir and the villagers discover a world of curiosities. But the head of homicide soon realizes there’s more in that room than meets the eye. There are puzzles within puzzles, and hidden messages warning of mayhem and revenge.

In unsealing that room, an old enemy is released into their world. Into their lives. And into the very heart of Armand Gamache’s home. - from Amazon

22 comments:

  1. This is the 18th book. Have you read all the others? I am so impressed with these crime/drama/thriller book series that seem to go on forever.

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    1. Yes, I've read the whole series! It's so good!

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  2. Great pick, Angela! This sounds like a really great read. I hope you'll end up loving it when you read it.

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  3. Wow, that's a long-running series. Hope this is a great continuation of the story!

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  4. I have never read this series (or Penny!?!?!) and I really need to remedy this. It's been on my TBR list forever!

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    1. Ahh, it's so good! Such a great mix of mystery and heart.

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  5. Oh I've heard good things about these!

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  6. Must be a good series to be in book 18! I hope you enjoy it when you get a chance to read it!

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    1. It's so different from the others, but very cool!

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  8. I've not tried any of this authors books before, but I have heard great things. I hope that you love this one! :)

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  9. So excited for this! This series is a gem.

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  10. Gah, I still need to start this series. One of these days I'm going to do it, haha.

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    1. Haha, it can be intimidating to start a series this long!

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  11. The Inspector Gamache series is on my "desperately want to read" list. I need more hours in the day. Hope you enjoy this one!

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    1. Haha, don't we all?? I hope you do enjoy it when you get to it!

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