Soon, both Audrey and Constance are dead, the former an apparent suicide and the latter violently murdered.

Many of his superiors think he’s crazy and many of his staff have readily deserted him.

He fears there is something untoward occurring in the Surete but has no idea what it is or evidence to back up his hunch. (For the uninitiated, Myrna is a regular in this series–the bookstore owner in Three Pines.) Chapter Three outlines the decimation of Gamache’s Homicide Squad (one of the best in the country) by his superiors (a result of actions taken in a previous book). In Chapter Two, Constance Pineault is visiting her friend and former therapist, Myrna, in the idyllic little town of Three Pines. The story starts with Audrey Villeneuve driving into Montreal from the suburbs but nervous about driving through the Ville-Marie Tunnel. How the Light Gets In is totally enjoyable, but a little backstory would have helped. So, if you’re going to attempt an Inspector Gamache book, I’d start from the beginning, Still Life. Well, it answered many of them, but there’s still some history I don’t know. Why? Because The Long Way Home refers back to its predecessor, so I thought it would answer all my questions. Then last year I read The Long Way Home which is the last book in the series (so far) and now I’ve read How the Light Gets In which preceded The Long Way Home. Back in 2011 I read The Fatal Grace which is the second book in the series.

I’m sort of all over the place with the Inspector Gamache series.

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