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A review by crazygoangirl
The Hangman by Louise Penny
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
3.5
I re-read this book because I realised I hadn’t reviewed it the first time around. This is a novella from Louise Penny’s Three Pines series featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.
I enjoyed this well-paced and well-plotted novella. Penny has done a good job, especially with the pacing which in her full length novels can be tedious at times. A dead man is found hanging in a tree in the woods outside Three Oines. Gamache and Beauvoir must identify him and investigate his death. Is it suicide or foul play? Gabri and Myrna, both Three Pines residents appear, along with Dominic the owner of the Inn & Spa where the dead man was a guest. I love that Penny managed to slip in a few scenes inside Gabri’s Bistro which is hands down my favourite hangout in Three Pines, with its warmth, cosy old world atmosphere and mouthwatering wholesome food! Enjoyed the factoids that Penny included. The Arthur Ellis angle was particularly original & interesting in an otherwise straightforward mystery.
I enjoyed this short, quick and decent mystery more than I expected to, especially since the narrator too had a voice well suited to Gamache’s gravitas.
I enjoyed this well-paced and well-plotted novella. Penny has done a good job, especially with the pacing which in her full length novels can be tedious at times. A dead man is found hanging in a tree in the woods outside Three Oines. Gamache and Beauvoir must identify him and investigate his death. Is it suicide or foul play? Gabri and Myrna, both Three Pines residents appear, along with Dominic the owner of the Inn & Spa where the dead man was a guest. I love that Penny managed to slip in a few scenes inside Gabri’s Bistro which is hands down my favourite hangout in Three Pines, with its warmth, cosy old world atmosphere and mouthwatering wholesome food! Enjoyed the factoids that Penny included. The Arthur Ellis angle was particularly original & interesting in an otherwise straightforward mystery.
I enjoyed this short, quick and decent mystery more than I expected to, especially since the narrator too had a voice well suited to Gamache’s gravitas.