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Original Title:	The Beautiful Mystery
ISBN:	1250031125 (ISBN13: 9781250031129)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #8
Characters:	Jean Guy Beauvoir, Annie Gamache, Chief Inspector Gamache
Setting:	Quebec (Québec)(Canada)
Literary Awards:	Macavity Award for Best Novel (2013), Anthony Award for Best Novel (2013), Agatha Award for Best Novel (2012), Audie Award for Mystery (2013), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2012)

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No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep in the wilderness of Québec, where two dozen cloistered monks live in peace and prayer. Ironically, for a community that has taken a vow of silence, the monks have become world-famous for their glorious voices, raised in ancient chants whose effect on both singer and listener is so profound it is known as "the beautiful mystery." But when the renowned choir director is murdered, the lock on the monastery's massive wooden door is drawn back to admit Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Sûreté du Québec. There they discover disquiet beneath the silence, discord in the apparent harmony. But before finding the killer, before restoring peace, the Chief must first consider the divine, the human, and the cracks in between.

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Title	:	The Beautiful Mystery (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #8)
Author	:	Louise Penny
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 390 pages
Published	:	July 2nd 2013 by Minotaur Books (first published August 1st 2012)
Categories	:	Mystery. Fiction

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A monk has been murdered inside the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups and the only possible suspect is one of the other monks. This order maintains a vow of silence except when singing Gregorian chants. They let no one from the outside in, but of course they must make an exception for Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his second-in-command, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, who have arrived by boat to investigate the murder.This order of monks, The Gilbertines, escaped the Inquisition by fleeing to

This is probably more a 2.5 than a 2 star rating, from someone who has given almost entirely 5 stars to Penny's previous seven novels. "The Beautiful Mystery" gravitas and plot depend so heavily upon events in two previous novels involving the Surete and Gamache's deadly feud with his superiors, that I would only recommend it to readers of the series. Even then I found myself confused, if not baffled by the alien action of the last 10% of the novel where those events are most intrusive.The

First Sentence: In the earth nineteenth century, the Catholic Church realized it had a problem. The cloistered monks of Quebecs self-contained Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups monastery focus their lives on prayer and the simplicity of Gregorian Chants. The murder of their prior and choirmaster, Frère Mathieu, has forced open their doors to Inspector Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Sûreté du Québec Pennys writing is simply superb. Her prose is more than mere words telling a story, her phrases

An Armand Gamache novel not at least partly set in Three Pines? What will I do with myself? I have so much enjoyed knowing a whole town involved in a murder mystery, as well as the detective and his team. Despite the initial trepidation this set off in my head, it was quickly allayed by the story that Louise Penny laid before me. This was really damned good. Even if it had a heartbreaking ending. Penny's understanding and portrayal of human nature in all its warts and beauties shines through

A locked monastery mystery - somewhere in the back of beyond in the northern Quebec wilderness there sits a 400 year old monastery inhabited by 24 members of a cloistered order who devote their lives to God and chanting. The unexpected popularity of a recording of their chants has created dissension in their ranks and a monk is murdered. Gamache and Beauvoir are called in to investigate.The problems I have with this book: the abbot's recruiting of new members, poaching them from other

Rating: 4.75* of five The Publisher Says: The brilliant new novel in the New York Times bestselling series by Louise Penny, one of the most acclaimed crime writers of our time.No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep in the wilderness of Quebec, where two dozen cloistered monks live in peace and prayer. They grow vegetables, they tend chickens, they make chocolate. And they sing. Ironically, for a community that has taken a vow of silence, the