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Il Commissario Gamache Serie

La serie segue il Commissario Armand Gamache mentre risolve crimini complessi in un pittoresco villaggio canadese. Le storie sono conosciute per la loro profondità psicologica e personaggi intricati.

Bury Your Dead
The Brutal Telling
A Rule Against Murder
The Cruellest Month
La grazia dell'inverno. Un'indagine del commissario Armand Gamache
Natura morta

Ordine di lettura consigliato

  1. Natura morta

    • 416pagine
    • 15 ore di lettura

    Il primo caso dell'ispettore Gamache a Three Pines. Flashback: come è arrivato Gamache nella sua casa di fine settimana a Three Pines? Quando non era ancora il capo della polizia del Québec, ma solo il capo della squadra omicidi di Montréal, un caso lo portò nel pittoresco villaggio immerso nei boschi canadesi, dove tutti si conoscono e ci si può fidare dei propri vicini. L'idillio viene bruscamente interrotto quando, durante il Giorno del Ringraziamento, in una chiara giornata autunnale, viene trovata la carcassa di Jane Neal, uccisa da una freccia di balestra. Si presume sia un incidente di caccia, poiché chi avrebbe avuto motivo di uccidere la pensionata insegnante? L'ispettore Gamache deve risolvere il caso per ripristinare la pace nel villaggio. In questo processo non solo scoprirà l'assassino, ma troverà anche amici, come la libraia Myrna, la stravagante poetessa Ruth e Gabri e Olivier, la coppia gay che gestisce la pensione del villaggio. Gamache si affeziona così tanto a Three Pines che il luogo del delitto diventa per lui un posto del cuore.

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  2. La grazia dell'inverno. Un'indagine del commissario Armand Gamache

    • 488pagine
    • 18 ore di lettura

    Un'indagine del commissario Armand Gamache, che questa volta si trova a dover risolvere il mistero di un omicidio avvenuto nella tranquilla località di Three Pines durante il periodo natalizio. La vittima è CC de Poitiers, una donna egoista e invidiosa, nota per il suo comportamento autoritario, che ha acquistato un "casa maledetta" nel pittoresco villaggio canadese. La sua morte non suscita alcun rimpianto tra i residenti, nemmeno tra i familiari, e sembra che chiunque avesse un motivo per desiderare la sua scomparsa. Il modo in cui è stata uccisa è tanto originale quanto ingegnoso, tanto da confondere non solo la polizia locale, ma anche lo stesso Gamache. Tuttavia, il commissario possiede un vantaggio: sa che per catturare il colpevole deve prima comprenderlo. Questo romanzo, secondo della serie di Louise Penny, ha vinto il prestigioso Agatha Award per il miglior romanzo giallo classico dell'anno.

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  3. The Cruellest Month

    'No one does atmospheric like Louise Penny' ELLY GRIFFITHS There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings. It's Easter, and on a glorious Spring day in peaceful Three Pines, someone waits for night to fall. They plan to raise the dead . . . When Chief Inspector Gamache of the Surete du Quebec arrives the next morning, he faces an unusual crime scene. A séance in an old abandoned house has gone horrifically wrong and someone has been seemingly frightened to death. In idyllic Three Pines, terrible secrets lie buried, and even Gamache has something to hide. One of his own team is about to betray him. But how far will they go to ensure Gamache's downfall? Ten million readers. Three pines. One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache. 'The series is grand and deep and altogether extraordinary' WASHINGTON POST

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    4,1

  4. A Rule Against Murder

    • 424pagine
    • 15 ore di lettura

    'No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny' ELLY GRIFFITHS There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings. It's the height of summer, and the wealthy Finney family have gathered at the Manoir Bellechasse to pay tribute to their late father. But as the temperature rises, old secrets and bitter rivalries begin to surface. When the heat wave boils over into a mighty storm, a dead body is left in its wake. Chief Inspector Gamache, a guest at the Bellechasse, finds himself with a building full of suspects. With the hotel locked down, the murderer is trapped. But a cornered predator is always the most dangerous of all... Ten million readers. Three pines. One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache. 'Impossible to put down' GLOBE AND MAIL

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    3,9

  5. The Brutal Telling

    The New York Times Bestseller 'Penny . . . is at the top of her game' (Toronto Star) When Chief Inspector Gamache arrives in picturesque Three Pines, he steps into a village in chaos. A man has been found bludgeoned to death, and there is no sign of a weapon, a motive or even the dead man's name. As Gamache and his colleagues start to dig under the skin of this peaceful haven for clues, they uncover a trail of stolen treasure, mysterious codes and a shameful history that begins to shed light on the victim's identity - and points to a terrifying killer...

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  6. Bury Your Dead

    'Outstanding' THE NEW YORK TIMES 'No one writes evil like Louise Penny' ANN CLEEVES There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings. As Quebec City shivers in the grip of winter, its ancient stone walls cracking in the cold, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache plunges into the strangest case of his celebrated career. A man has been brutally murdered in one of the city's oldest buildings - a library where the English citizens of Quebec safeguard their history. And the death opens a door into the past, exposing a mystery that has lain dormant for centuries . . . a mystery Gamache must solve if he's to catch a present-day killer. Millions of readers worldwide. One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache.

    Bury Your Dead6
    4,4

  7. Chief Inspector Gamache: A Trick of the Light

    • 339pagine
    • 12 ore di lettura

    "Hearts are broken," Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book. "Sweet relationships are dead." But now Lillian herself is dead. Found among the bleeding hearts and lilacs of Clara Morrow's garden in Three Pines, shattering the celebrations of Clara's solo show at the famed Musée in Montréal. Chief Inspector Gamache, the head of homicide at the Sûreté du Québec, is called to the tiny Québec village and there he finds the art world gathered, and with it a world of shading and nuance, a world of shadow and light. Where nothing is as it seems. Behind every smile there lurks a sneer. Inside every sweet relationship there hides a broken heart. And even when facts are slowly exposed, it is no longer clear to Gamache and his team if what they've found is the truth, or simply a trick of the light.

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  8. The beautiful mystery

    A MONASTERY Hidden deep in the wilderness are the cloisters of two dozen monks - men of prayer and music, famous the world over for their glorious voices. A MURDER But a brutal death throws the monastery doors open to the world. And through them walks the only man who can shine light upon the dark deeds within: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. A MYSTERY Who among the brothers has become an angel of death? As the peace of the monastery crumbles around him, Gamache finds clues in the divine, the human, and the cracks in between. Ingenious, gripping, and powerful, The Beautiful Mystery is the most outstanding novel yet from international bestselling phenomenon Louise Penny.

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  9. HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN

    • 432pagine
    • 16 ore di lettura

    Struggling to maintain the Homicide group during the holiday season in the wake of interdepartmental estrangements, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache quietly investigates the disappearance of a woman who was once one of the most famous people in the world and now goes unrecognized by virtually everyone except the mad, brilliant poet Ruth Zardo

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  10. The Long Way Home

    'Compelling . . . An original voice' PETER JAMES 'Penny twists and turns the plot, expertly tripping the reader up just at the moment you think you might have solved the mystery' DAILY EXPRESS There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings. Clara Morrow's husband is missing. When he fails to come home on the first anniversary of their separation, as promised, Clara asks the only person she trusts to try and find him: former Chief Inspector of Homicide, Armand Gamache. As Gamache journeys further into the case, he is drawn deeper into the tortured mind of Peter Morrow, a man so desperate to recapture his fame as an artist that he would sell his soul. As Gamache gets closer to the truth, he uncovers a deadly trail of jealousy and deceit. Can Gamache bring Peter, and himself, home safely? Or in searching for answers, has he placed himself, and those closest to him, in terrible danger? Millions of readers worldwide. One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache.

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    4,1

  11. The Nature of the beast

    • 496pagine
    • 18 ore di lettura

    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.

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  12. A Great Reckoning

    WINNER of the the Barry, Macavity, & Anthony Awards for Best Novel WINNER of the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Crime Novel 'Outstanding' THE NEW YORK TIMES There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings. Former Chief Inspector Gamache has been hunting killers his entire career and as the new commander of force, he is given the chance to combat the corruption and brutality that has been rife. But when a former colleague and professor is found murdered, with a mysterious map of the village of Three Pines, Gamache's home, in his possession, Gamache has an even tougher task ahead of him. When suspicion turns to Gamache himself, and his possible involvement in the crime, the frantic search for answers takes the investigation to Three Pines, where a series of shattering secrets are poised to be revealed ... Millions of readers worldwide. One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache.

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    4,5

  13. Glass Houses

    • 512pagine
    • 18 ore di lettura

    From the moment its shadow falls over Three Pines, Gamache suspects the creature has deep roots and a dark purpose. When it suddenly vanishes and a body is discovered, it falls to Gamache to discover if a debt has been paid or levied.

    Glass Houses13
    4,4

  14. Il regno delle ombre

    Le indagini del commissario Armand Gamache

    • 528pagine
    • 19 ore di lettura

    Convocato all’improvviso in una fattoria nei pressi di Three Pines, Armand Gamache, capo della Sûreté du Québec, scopre di essere stato nominato esecutore testamentario da una sconosciuta baronessa. Il documento contiene clausole tanto bizzarre da far sospettare al commissario che si tratti di uno scherzo, ma di lì a qualche giorno, quando nella fattoria viene rinvenuto il cadavere di un uomo, la realtà dei fatti emerge in tutta la sua gravità. Nel frattempo un enorme carico di droga sta per inondare le strade di Montréal, e Gamache, sospeso dal servizio sei mesi prima proprio per non averlo fermato, deve decidere al più presto come agire.

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  15. A Better Man

    • 512pagine
    • 18 ore di lettura

    'One of the greatest crime writers of our times' DENISE MINA 'No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny' ELLY GRIFFITHS There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings. The air is unbearably tense as Armand Gamache returns to work since being demoted from its command to head of homicide. Amid blistering personal social media attacks, Gamache sets out on his first assignment. He has been tasked with finding a missing woman, but while he leads the search for Vivienne Godin, his home of Three Pines itself is threatened when the river breaks its banks, and an emergency is declared. As the waters rise, a body is discovered - and the victim's distraught father contemplates revenge. Gamache is a father himself, and is haunted by a question . . . what would he do, if his child's killer might walk free? Millions of readers worldwide. One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache.

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    4,2

  16. All the Devils Are Here

    • 528pagine
    • 19 ore di lettura

    *** WINNER OF THE AGATHA AWARD FOR BEST MYSTERY NOVEL 2021*** 'Makes most of her competitors seem like wannabes' THE TIMES There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings. On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather for a family dinner with Armand's godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. But the evening ends in horror when Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Armand is convinced is no accident, but a deliberate attempt on an elderly man's life. When a strange key is found in Stephen's possession it sends Armand on a desperate search for the truth that will take him from the top of the Tour Eiffel, to the bowels of the Paris Archives. And as Armand begins to uncover the secrets his godfather has kept hidden for decades, he finds himself ensnared in a web of lies and deceit that threatens to destroy everything - and everyone - he holds dear. For even the City of Light casts long shadows. And in that darkness devils hide . . . Ten million readers. Three pines One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache 'The series is deep and grand and altogether extraordinary . . . Miraculous' Washington Post

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  17. Stile Libero Big: Una specie di follia

    Le indagini del commissario Armand Gamache

    • 624pagine
    • 22 ore di lettura

    La vita quotidiana torna a Three Pines. Il pittoresco villaggio nei boschi canadesi ha superato la pandemia senza gravi danni. Olivier e Gabri riaprono il loro bistro, mentre Myrna apre le porte della libreria. Tuttavia, i mesi trascorsi hanno lasciato il segno: una professoressa della British Columbia ha diviso l'opinione pubblica con le sue teorie. Il Chief Inspector Armand Gamache della Sûreté du Québec osserva con preoccupazione l'atmosfera tesa. Quando la professoressa Abigail Robinson è invitata a tenere una conferenza all'Université de l'Estrie, lui è incaricato della sicurezza. Sebbene vorrebbe annullare l'evento, questo si svolge comunque, con conseguenze fatali. Nel frattempo, Three Pines accoglie un'ospite di alto profilo: Haniya Daoud, candidata sudanese al Premio Nobel per la Pace. Tuttavia, la "eroina del Sudan" si comporta in modo scontroso, superando in eccentricità la poetessa Ruth Zardo. In seguito, nel bosco dietro l'Auberge, l'assistente della professoressa Robinson viene uccisa, e molti abitanti del villaggio potrebbero essere coinvolti.

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    4,1

  18. A World of Curiosities

    • 400pagine
    • 14 ore di lettura

    Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's beloved series.

    A World of Curiosities18
    4,4

  19. The Grey Wolf

    • 432pagine
    • 16 ore di lettura

    Relentless phone calls disrupt a warm August morning in the small village of Three Pines, Quebec, as Armand Gamache, head of homicide, enjoys a quiet moment with his wife. The first call ignites his anger, signaling the start of a series of unsettling events. Initially minor—such as a missing coat and a cryptic note for Gamache—these incidents escalate when a murder occurs. Chief Inspector Gamache and his team soon realize they are facing a far greater threat than a single crime; something sinister is looming. Louise Penny's writing delves into the nature of evil, exploring the impact of horrific events while infusing warmth and humanity into her characters. This approach leaves readers with a sense of hope, even after confronting dark themes. Critics praise her for her atmospheric storytelling and complex characters, with many considering her one of the greatest crime writers of our time. The tension builds as Gamache navigates the unfolding mystery, revealing layers of intrigue and danger that challenge the tranquility of Three Pines.

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    4,0

  20. The Black Wolf

    The Brilliant New Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

    • 374pagine
    • 14 ore di lettura

    Somewhere out there, in the darkness, a black wolf is feeding. Several weeks ago, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team uncovered and stopped a domestic terrorist attack in Montréal, arresting the person behind it. A man they called the Black Wolf. But their relief is short-lived. In a sickening turn of events, Gamache has realized that plot, as horrific as it was, was just the beginning. Perhaps even a deliberate misdirection. One he fell into. Something deeper and darker, more damaging, is planned. Did he in fact arrest the Black Wolf, or are they still out there? Armand is appalled to think his mistake has allowed their conspiracy to grow, to gather supporters. To spread lies, manufacture enemies, and feed hatred and division. Still recovering from wounds received in stopping the first attack, Armand is confined to the village of Three Pines, leading a covert investigation from there. He must be careful not to let the Black Wolf know he has recognized his mistake. In a quiet church basement, he and his senior agents Beauvoir and Lacoste, pore over what little evidence they have. Two notebooks. A few mysterious numbers on a tattered map of Québec. And a phrase repeated by the person they had called the Grey Wolf.

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