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Marc Koralnik
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THE NATURE OF THE BEAST

Louise Penny

From number one NYT bestseller and multiple award-winning author Louise Penny comes an ingenious, powerful and page-turning novel that will hold you in its grip until the final page.
Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache, who now live in the little Quebec village.

But when the boy disappears, the villagers are faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might have been true.

And so begins a frantic search for the boy and the truth. What they uncover deep in the forest sets off a sequence of events that leads to murder, leads to an old crime, leads to an old betrayal. Leads right to the door of an old poet.

And now it is now, writes Ruth Zardo. And the dark thing is here.

A monster once visited Three Pines. And put down deep roots. And now, Ruth knows, it is back.

Armand Gamache, the former head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec, must face the possibility that, in not believing the boy, he himself played a terrible part in what happens next.

LOUISE PENNY is the multi-award-winning author of the Armand Gamache mysteries. Born in Toronto, she now lives outside the village of Sutton, Quebec. Louise has been on book tours promoting her work in the USA and Canada, the UK, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. Her novels have received more endorsements and awards than any other book on our list and have been translated into 26 languages.

Number 3 on the New York Times bestseller list.
Number 1 in Canada.
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Published 2015-08-01 by St. Martin's Minotaur

Comments

" Louise Penny has crafted an immensely rich and satisfying traditional mystery world, tipping the hat to Agatha Christie, Josephine Tey and PD James, but with her own distinctive recipe: complex characters far removed from village stereotypes, ingenious plots, and a captivating lead detective in Gamache."

"Ebeling, a resident of Arlington Heights, and Clinton always stay in touch. They trade reading lists, and fiction writer Louise Penny is a current favorite." Read more...

"[M]agical....[T]he perfect reminder of the dark side of human nature, but that side does not always win out. Penny is an expert at pulling away the surface of her characters to expose their deeper-and often ugly-layers, always doing so with a direct but compassionate hand." (starred review)

Globe and Mail Canadian Bestseller List at #8

"...atmospheric and deeply humane "

"Penny sustains her high-wire act, creating characters of remarkable depth in an exhilarating whodunit."

"Three Pines again proves no refuge in Penny's stellar [The Nature of the Beast]...fans will delight in [her] continued complex fleshing out of characters they have come to love." (starred review)