The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 10)

The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 10)

by Louise Penny

4.4 (30,805)

4.4 stars from 30,805 reviews. One of the highest rated Mystery Thriller books we track.

413 pages~6.9 hr readPublished by Hachette UKPublished 2014-08-26

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Perfect for you if...

  • You love detective fiction where the protagonist grapples with their own moral weight, not just the case at hand.
  • You've fallen for Three Pines and its cast, and want to revisit that world while watching your favourite detective resist being pulled back in.
  • You enjoy mysteries that unfold slowly through character study, where the setting becomes as psychologically significant as the plot.

Maybe not for you if...

  • You want a fast-paced whodunit that moves at breakneck speed rather than building dread through introspection.
  • You're new to the Gamache series and need a standalone entry without ten books of character history.
  • You prefer uplifting mysteries where the resolution feels tidy and redemptive.

About this book

Armand Gamache, former Chief Inspector of Homicide with the Sûreté du Québec, has retired to the village of Three Pines seeking peace. His neighbor Clara Morrow asks for his help finding her artist husband Peter, who has failed to return home on the first anniversary of their separation. Despite his reluctance to leave his sanctuary, Gamache agrees to assist. Together with his former second-in-command Jean-Guy Beauvoir and Myrna Landers, they travel deeper into Québec to search for Peter Morrow—a man desperate to recapture his former fame as an artist. Their investigation takes them far from Three Pines, toward the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, to a remote area that early mariners called the land God gave to Cain. There they uncover the serious consequences of Peter's choices.

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