Armand Gamache book 3 · 2007
The Cruellest Month
At Easter a group of villagers holds a séance in the old house on the hill above Three Pines to rid it of evil, and one of them dies, apparently of fright. Gamache investigates as the campaign against him inside the Sûreté comes into the open.
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Book facts
- Author
- Louise Penny
- Series
- Armand Gamache, book 3 of 21
- Published
- 2007
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Three Pines, Quebec
- Characters charted
- 11
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Who is in The Cruellest Month
11 recurring or key characters from Louise Penny’s chart.
Lead 1
- Armand GamacheChief Inspector of homicide, Sûreté du Québec
Major 8
- Jean-Guy BeauvoirGamache’s second-in-command, later his son-in-law
- Isabelle LacosteDetective, later head of homicide
- Yvette NicholJunior agent
- Clara MorrowArtist living in Three Pines
- Peter MorrowArtist and Clara’s husband
- Ruth ZardoElderly poet with a pet duck, Rosa
- Myrna LandersFormer psychologist who runs the bookshop
- Olivier BruléRuns the bistro with Gabri
Minor and cameo 2
- Reine-Marie GamacheArmand’s wife
- Gabri DubeauRuns the bed and breakfast with Olivier
Also featuring these characters
Other Louise Penny books that share the most characters with The Cruellest Month.
- Still Life2005 · Armand Gamache · 11 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Brutal Telling2009 · Armand Gamache · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Bury Your Dead2010 · Armand Gamache · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- A Trick of the Light2011 · Armand Gamache · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon