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I mistakenly read #2 in this series last December and decided to start from the beginning this December. Happily, I believe I have found a new series to explore. Chief Inspector Gamache and the bucolic community of Three Pines, Quebec, has enchanted and engaged me with an intriguing murder of a beloved member of the village, one whose death shatters all who loved her. I look forward to learning more about the characters and this enchanting town.

I found this disappointing after the first book. A lot of time spent in very unpleasant POVs, a lot of nasty fat-shaming, and -- as with the first -- Gamache seems far too willing to let his suspects be involved in the case. (Has he never heard of the concept of tampering with evidence?) Still, I like the characters enough, and am curious enough about the dangling threads, to read on.

Absolute best thing about reading a very popular book is browsing the foreign language editions. What is even happening?!

I could live without all the fat-shaming. 🙄

“My paternal grandmother, Irene Miville Horton was descendant of not one fille du roi, but fifteen. Fifteen seemed like quite a lot until my research found people with a many as 80”.

Book: Descended from the mothers of Quebec by Paul Harvey Horton Jr.this is self-published.There are so few books on the fille du rio in English.I‘ve done some gen research on dads side.Mostly French Canadian and French.how many fille du roi I‘m related to🤷‍♀️.

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1. My best start to every day is having the girls (aka Kate and Pippa) wake us up. It is always the ultimate joy as they really do live in the moment.
2. In the tagged book, Inspector Gamache is one of the most methodical detectives I've ever read--maybe even more than Holmes.

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My favorite in the series so far, and Three Pines was barely in it! Chief inspector Gamache and his wife are celebrating their anniversary at Manoir Bellechasse, just over the mountain range from Three Pines. Yearly visitors, this visit coincides with the Morrow family reunion, including the Gamache‘s friends from Three Pines, Peter and Clara. The last book hinted at Peter‘s dark side. When a Morrow is killed, is Peter to blame or another ⬇️

Audio coloring cards

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When a Wiccan comes to Three Pines, Gabri can‘t help himself to connive her into doing seances. When the second one is held at the haunted old Hadley house, one of the participants literally dies of fright. Inspector Gamache and his entourage come to town to sleuth their way to an answer, while he also deals with some stabbing behind his back by Arnot supporters. We finally learn a lot more about how Gamache took down the popular inspector.

My next audiobook trying to squeeze in one more for #Canada #foodandlit and #serieslove @Catsandbooks @TheSpineView

Also #20in4readathon @Andrew65