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The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
Chief Inspector Gamache finds himself investigating the death of a monk from the Gilbertine Order, an order that was believed to be extinct, and the investigation will take Gamache and his partner, Inspector Jean Guy Beauvoir, deep into the remote forests of northern Quebec . . .
Featuring the strong sense of place (Quebec), third person omniscient narrator, and lovingly crafted portraits of people in a small town that Penny is renowned for The Beautiful Mystery introduces a new set of characters in the monks who inhabit this isolated monastery.