Kingdom of the Blind (Chief Inspector Gamache)

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There are numerous instances in which characters are literally or figuratively blinded – by snow, by the debris from the house, by perspective (for example, consider Annie’s comment in Chapter 3, “Dad had no choice. Last Thursday one of the things I gave thanks for was the opportunity to head back to Three Pines and visit all its wonderful inhabitants in Louise Penny’s latest novel, Kingdom of the Blind.

Then they wrote some code that chopped and recombined chunks of programs and generated hundreds of program “offspring” most of which didn’t work at all. Sometimes such scheduling complications happen internationally but with our second contract for books 4,5,6 I was eager to get on the same timeline, and not follow so far behind. There's a spy story here too, but what I thought fascinating was to see that people in 1916 were going around saying the war was a splendid chance to do some daring do and that the problem was soldiers weren't fighting hard enough.But it’s also gentle and full of honesty/dishonesty, and kindness juxtaposed with cruelty and jealousy. We are told that “for reasons that baffled Gamache, he seemed the only person on earth who could not understand a word Billy Williams said. I look forward to exploring your blog, reading your reviews, and hopefully finding many new books to add to my tbr stack! The Kingdom of the Blind is an installation of wall reliefs showing the possessions of an imaginary ruler.

Louise Penny's first novel, Still Life, won the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards. He also wrote five novels under the pseudonymn Anthony Partridge and a volume of autobiography, 'The Pool of Memory' in 1939. Tadjo currently lives in South Africa where she is Head of French Studies in the School of Literature and Language Studies, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Robert C Trube and Bob on Books with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

They are mystified to discover that Bertha has bequeathed her multi-million-dollar estate to her three children, instructing them to sell homes in Vienna and Switzerland. Gamache confesses to Reine-Marie that he was supposed to go to Montreal yesterday to see the internal affairs committee, and that he’s relieved that the blizzard was big enough that it prevented them from meeting. Kingdom of the Blind is definitely recommended for fans of the series, and for readers who enjoy stories with a moral and kind main character, and for those who appreciate mostly gentle mysteries and detective stories (minimal profanity, some tension but usually no graphic violence).

For series fans, plenty of time is spent in the mystical village of Three Pines, and it's refreshing to have a spotlight shine on Myrna, one of the most relatable of the village's denizens. Gamache also tells Isabelle, “I made mental lists and followed the things I love, the people I love, back to sanity.The investigation into what happened six months ago - the events that led to his suspension - has dragged on, into the dead of winter. Kingdom of the Blind” is an ingenious mystery that follows a thoughtful group of beloved characters navigating their way through a fallen world.