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Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Adult Fiction, Detective, Crime
Length: 371 pages
First Published Year: 2010
Series: Three Pines series
Literary Awards: Barry Award Nominee for Best Novel (2011)
ISBN: 9780312377045
Language: English
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Publisher’s Description Summary
In Quebec City during the Winter Carnival, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is trying to get over a tough case.
But he can’t escape trouble, even in the cozy Literary and Historical Society. Here, a historian searching for the remains of Samuel de Champlain, Quebec’s founder is killed. This murder might be linked to a centuries-old secret.
Even though Gamache is supposed to be on a break, he can’t ignore a crime that might reignite old conflicts between English and French speakers.
At the same time, he’s getting letters from Three Pines, a small village, about a bistro owner named Olivier who’s been wrongfully convicted of murder, according to his partner.
Gamache finds himself caught between the past and the present and he must face his own demons to solve the mystery and find peace.
Quotes from Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
- Things are strongest where they’re broken.
- Joy doesn’t ever leave, you know. It’s always with you. And one day you’ll find it again.
- I’m sorry. I was wrong. I need help. I don’t know.
- The night is a strawberry.
- In winter the very ground seemed to reach up and grab the elderly, yanking them to earth as though hungry for them.
- It is sweet and right to die for your country…. an old and dangerous lie. It might be necessary, but it is never sweet and rarely right. It’s a tragedy.
- Not everything buried is actually dead. For many, the past is alive.
About Louise Penny
Louise Penny a well-known writer created the popular Chief Inspector Armand Gamache book series topping bestseller lists in the New York Times and Globe and Mail.
Her work has earned her many accolades like the CWA Dagger and multiple Agatha Awards and she was even in the running for the Edgar Award.
In 2017 her impact on Canadian culture was recognized with the Order of Canada.
She resides in a quaint village near Montréal.
Visit the author’s website for more info.
