A Fatal Grace: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel: 2

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But her exterior wasn't the issue. Watching her caress her book with more tenderness than she'd ever shown when caressing him, he wondered whether her ice water insides had somehow seeped into him, perhaps during sex, and were slowly freezing him. Already he couldn't feel his core. Nobody likes the victim of the murder, which makes the job harder for Gamache. As a reader, I was cheering for Gamache to solve the crime, but not because of the unlikeable CC de Poiters. She was as different a character from the victim of the first book, Jane, as you could possibly be. Jean Guy is afraid of Nichol as he is worried that by trying to help her Gamache will be hurt. That could happen. Not everyone responds to kindness with relief. Some respond with resentment and lash out. They can’t tell if the kindness is real or a form of superiority. Jean Guy is also worried about old evils resurfacing from the Arnot case and Nichol being their spy and representative.

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This book sealed the deal on my deciding to continue on with the series as I was nicely surprised by the second offering. I wasn’t sure about the first. Past Agatha Award Winners & Nominees". Malice Domestic. 2010. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010 . Retrieved 2010-03-01. Good hearts get hurt. Good hearts get broken, Armand. And then they lash out. ― Louise Penny, A Fatal Grace The People of QuebecI cannot believe I am almost up to date on this series. I love this series and I loved this book. Each book is more complex and well thought out than the last.

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Well, simple. That would steal all the romance and adventure from Penny’s wonderful plot. And that would be too bad. Remarkably, Penny manages to top her outstanding debut. Gamache is a prodigiously complicated and engaging hero, destined to become one of the classic detectives. No one liked CC de Poitiers – not her daughter, not her husband, not her lover, and certainly not her neighbors. So when Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is called to investigate CC’s death on the day after Christmas- in the midst of a curling match- he has plenty of suspects, but apparently even though she was killed with the entire town present...no one saw a thing.But life’s shadows are an essential part of relishing the refreshment of clear sunlight - there... and here. Clara’s joy at the Christmas windows is disrupted by a filthy pile of blankets that turns out to be a beggar throwing up. Disgusted, Clara hastens inside to the book launch for her neighbor, Ruth Zardo, the bitter but brilliant old poet whose friends from Three Pines turn up to support her. This is a fine mystery in the classic Agatha Christie style and it is sure to leave fans wanting more.”— Booklist I was also interested in the continuing story of Gamache’s stalled career. I feel that the surface has been barely scratched in this sub-plot and I’m so curious as to how it will play out.