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The Grey Wolf
Chief Inspector Gamache (Related to this series)
- Author
- Louise Penny
- Narrator
- Adam Sims
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 31 October 2024
- Run Time
- 14 hours
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
- Rating
- 3.0 (2 reviews)
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What to expect
'Highly entertaining' THE TIMES
'Subtle, compelling storytelling at its elegant best' DAILY MAIL
Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in the small village of Three Pines in Quebec. Someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide, as he sits with his wife in their back garden. When he finally answers the call, his rage shatters the calm of their quiet Sunday morning.
That's only the first in a sequence of strange events that begin THE GREY WOLF. At first they seem small - a missing coat, a note for Gamache reading "this might interest you", a puzzling scrap of paper with a mysterious list - but then a murder. All propel Chief Inspector Gamache and his team toward a terrible realization. Something much more sinister than any one murder or any one case is fast approaching. A threat unlike anything they've seen before.
PRAISE FOR LOUISE PENNY AND THE CHIEF INSPECTOR GAMACHE SERIES:
'Penny delves into the nature of evil, sensitively exploring the impact of the dreadful events she describes while bringing a warmth and humanity to her disparate cast of characters that, unusually for a crime novel, leaves you feeling better about the world once you've finished' BOOK OF THE MONTH, OBSERVER
'Electrifying drama ... Gamache is a fascinatingly complex protagonist' THE TIMES
'Nobody does evil quite as scarily as Louise Penny' ANN CLEEVES
'This is crime writing of the highest order' DAILY MAIL
'No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny' ELLY GRIFFITHS
Critics Review
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The monkey business is highly entertaining and leads to a climax that would not be out of place in a James Bond movie
The Times
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Subtle, compelling storytelling at its best
Daily Mail
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Superb
Will Dean
User Reviews
Book 3.0
Narration 3.0
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3.0 3.0
Interesting plot but very long-winded and drawn out
alison kaby 2026-02-20 -
3.0 3.0
I've long been a fan of Penny's Gamache series so was disappointed to find that I didn't enjoy this as much as expected. I think there are two reasons. Firstly, the plot is extremely complex and involves terrorists, corrupt politicians and possibly the mafia. It may appeal to fans of spy novels or political thrillers but I prefer more relatable scenarios and plots which are easier to follow. Secondly, I found the narration grating. To my ear the soft-spoken Gamache sounded more like a thug and Beauvoir like a victim of a strangling! Probably such a response on my part is not unusual when an idea of characters builds up in the mind from many readings of physical books - hard for a narrator to live up to!
jackdor 2024-11-15
Details
- Author
- Louise Penny
- Narrator
- Adam Sims
- Duration
- 14 hours
- Release Date
- 31 October 2024
- ISBN
- 9781399730563
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
- Rating
- 3.0(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 3.0(2 reviews)
Synopsis
'Cleverly blends mystery, menace and fierce humanity into an utterly compelling tale' Her Majesty the Queen, The Queen's Reading Room'Highly entertaining' THE TIMES'Subtle, compelling storytelling at its elegant best' DAILY MAILRelentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in the small village of Three Pines in Quebec. Someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide, as he sits with his wife in their back garden. When he finally answers the call, his rage shatters the calm of their quiet Sunday morning.That's only the first in a sequence of strange events that begin THE GREY WOLF. At first they seem small - a missing coat, a note for Gamache reading "this might interest you", a puzzling scrap of paper with a mysterious list - but then a murder. All propel Chief Inspector Gamache and his team toward a terrible realization. Something much more sinister than any one murder or any one case is fast approaching. A threat unlike anything they've seen before.PRAISE FOR LOUISE PENNY AND THE CHIEF INSPECTOR GAMACHE SERIES:'Penny delves into the nature of evil, sensitively exploring the impact of the dreadful events she describes while bringing a warmth and humanity to her disparate cast of characters that, unusually for a crime novel, leaves you feeling better about the world once you've finished' BOOK OF THE MONTH, OBSERVER'Electrifying drama ... Gamache is a fascinatingly complex protagonist' THE TIMES'Nobody does evil quite as scarily as Louise Penny' ANN CLEEVES'This is crime writing of the highest order' DAILY MAIL'No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny' ELLY GRIFFITHS
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