A Rule Against Murder
- Author Louise Penny
- Narrator Adam Sims
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Run Time 12 hours and 37 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
‘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…
‘Impossible to put down’ GLOBE AND MAIL
(P) 2009 Hachette Audio
Critics Review
Louise Penny’s writing is intricate, beautiful and compelling. She is an original voice, a distillation of both PD James and Barbara Vine at their peaks and a worthy successor to both
Peter JamesFull of twists and turns . . . Wonderfully satisfying
Kate Mosse on How the Light Gets InPenny’s elegant style is deeply satisfying, while Gamache is contemplative even when under pressure, and remains a man you want to spend time with
MetroImpossible to put down
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