Reviews

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  Louise Penny ist ein psychologisches Talent, ich bewundere immer wieder den Aufbau, die Linienführung, den Inhalt ihrer Bücher. Hervorragender Lesestoff, ich habe - wieder - viel historisches gelernt, und Gamache bewundert, einen Menschen den ich gern kennen würde. Auch in diesem Buch, einem Drogenchef auf der Spur, geht er unbeirrt ungewöhnliche Wege, unverständlich für seine Vorgesetzten - der PM von Quebec - und sogar einige seines Teams. Sein Charisma lässt sie ihm dennoch folgen und nach einem show down in seinem geliebten Three Pines, bringt er und sein Team den Drogen Boss zur Strecke. Bass erstaunt war ich, als ich erfuhr um wen es sich handelte.

• J'apprécie

  J'apprécie beaucoup tout les livres dans ce séries de Louise Penny . I appreciate all the books in this series by Louise Penny.

• Louise Penny at her best - as always

  Another well-written crime novel by Louise Penny. Vivid character portraits, an engaging plotline, atmospheric descriptions of Montréal and les Cantons de l'Est, and a reunion with a returning cast of characters that fans of Ms Penny cannot but consider, by now, as friends. I would highly recommend this book - and all the previous ones in the Gamache series - for anyone looking for intelligent, well-written, and engaging crime novels. For me, right now, no one beats Louise Penny!

• This is a wonderful series and Glass Houses is an absolutely cracking read

  4.5* A stranger dressed like the grim reaper stands on the Three Pines green. Is this figure, a modern day Cobrador, sending a message or taking revenge? Whatever it’s there for this figure is a disturbing presence and the villagers want it removed but, as no law is being broken, Gamache can do nothing. When a body is found everything changes. Gamache is now Chief Superintendent of the Sûreté so it is Isobel Lacoste who heads up the investigation. Gamache is working, under the radar, on a major investigation. The book opens at the murder trial of the accused and is told in flashback. Louise Penny has the knack of writing multiple storylines that are complicated, gripping and will keep you guessing right to the end incredibly well. You may think you know what’s happening and whodunnit but there is always a very neat change of direction or piece of information that changes everything bringing into play the connections and beautifully tying everything together. You also become incredibly invested with the characters who are so well written along with the setting which is wonderful. This book is no different and everything builds up to an ending that is tense, thrilling, heart-stopping and will have huge repercussions on all those concerned. It’s so good to be back, after far too long, with Gamache, Jean-Pierre, Isobel, Reine Marie and all the characters in Three Pines. This is a wonderful series and Glass Houses is an absolutely cracking read.

• Another Great Adventure!

  I have loved Three Pines from the start, but each book I feel more and more immersed in the characters and the world that Louise Penny has created. This one brought out some raw emotions, a lot of laughter, and intriguing suspense. The use of the courtroom and the past as different staging areas for the story were very interesting. I cannot wait to start the next one.

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