{"product_id":"9781250022103","title":"The Nature of the Beast : A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Nature of the Beast\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Louise Penny\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nature of the Beast\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling Chief Inspector Gamache novel from Louise Penny.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache, who now live in the little Quebec village.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when the boy disappears, the villagers are faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might have been true.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd so begins a frantic search for the boy and the truth. What they uncover deep in the forest sets off a sequence of events that leads to murder, leads to an old crime, leads to an old betrayal. Leads right to the door of an old poet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd now it is now, writes Ruth Zardo. And the dark thing is here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA monster once visited Three Pines. And put down deep roots. And now, Ruth knows, it is back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArmand Gamache, the former head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec, must face the possibility that, in not believing the boy, he himself played a terrible part in what happens next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Penny sustains her high-wire act, creating characters of remarkable depth in an exhilarating whodunit.” —\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Louise Penny is unsurpassed at building a sense of heart-stopping urgency. Sometimes the stakes are personal: a marriage, a character's sanity. Sometimes the threat is to the village, a culture or even to the province of Quebec. This time Penny manages to create a threat that could truly be worldwide, and to place its future in the hands of our friends in Three Pines.” —\u003ci\u003eSalem Macknee, The News \u0026amp; Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[M]agical....[T]he perfect reminder of the dark side of human nature, but that side does not always win out. Penny is an expert at pulling away the surface of her characters to expose their deeper-and often ugly-layers, always doing so with a direct but compassionate hand.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred) on THE NATURE OF THE BEAST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A strong sense of place, a multilayered plot, and well-crafted (and for Penny's fans, familiar) characters combine for a thoughtful, intriguing tale. More than a simple mystery, Penny's novel peels away the emotional and psychological layers of the inhabitants of Three Pines.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, (starred) on THE NATURE OF THE BEAST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Three Pines again proves no refuge in Penny's stellar [\u003ci\u003eThe Nature of the Beast\u003c\/i\u003e]...fans will delight in [her] continued complex fleshing out of characters they have come to love.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] compelling mystery that leads to an exciting but tantalizingly open-ended finale.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist on NATURE OF THE BEAST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNominated Anthony Awards - Nominee (2016), Nominated Agatha Awards - Nominee (2015), Long-listed Amazon.com Best Books of the Year (2015), Short-listed Audie Award Finalist (2016)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250022103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40642298970318,"sku":"9781250022103","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250022103","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}