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The 2nd in the Gamache series, still set in the small village of Three Pines in very cold winter (I would not last in Quebec).This one kills off a horrible person & introduces some new characters. More info is given about an ongoing plot to ruin Gamache‘s job, & I‘m interested to see how the plan continues. Only problem I had with this one is fat-phobic descriptions of a teen. Her mom verbally abused (TW) her, but there‘s other descriptions, too.

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@julieclair

4th book in the series ... I love Three Pines and all the people who live there. 🌲🌲🌲

My husband not only left our nice warm bed to make me breakfast, he did so when he was just at the part where Gamache explains the murder. Greater love hath no man!

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@Read4Life

On to book 3! 🤩

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@TheSpineView ... thanks for the tag! 😘

1. It depends on how serious the infraction is. Cold-blooded murder? I don't know. Yet I certainly don't want to be the judge or jury.
2. Tagged.

Play? @Catiewithac @bthegood @kspenmoll

Whyyyyy did it take me so long to read this? I blame the holiday blues. I‘ll admit that I got a little angry at the ending, because it felt unfinished and just not “right” somehow. Then I realized that Louise just threw a cliffhanger in there 😂 I‘m so confused 😂 #readyourkindle

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. 🙄