Armand Gamache book 11 · 2015
The Nature of the Beast
Nine-year-old Laurent Lepage is always telling wild stories, so no one believes him when he says he has found a huge gun in the woods. When the boy goes missing, the retired Gamache follows his trail to something hidden in the forest that should never have been there.
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Book facts
- Author
- Louise Penny
- Series
- Armand Gamache, book 11 of 21
- Published
- 2015
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Three Pines, Quebec
- Characters charted
- 10
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Who is in The Nature of the Beast
10 recurring or key characters from Louise Penny’s chart.
Lead 1
- Armand GamacheChief Inspector of homicide, Sûreté du Québec
Major 6
- Jean-Guy BeauvoirGamache’s second-in-command, later his son-in-law
- Isabelle LacosteDetective, later head of homicide
- Clara MorrowArtist living in Three Pines
- Ruth ZardoElderly poet with a pet duck, Rosa
- Myrna LandersFormer psychologist who runs the bookshop
- Olivier BruléRuns the bistro with Gabri
Minor and cameo 3
- Reine-Marie GamacheArmand’s wife
- Annie GamacheArmand’s daughter, later Jean-Guy’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 Nature of the Beast.
- How the Light Gets In2013 · Armand Gamache · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Glass Houses2017 · Armand Gamache · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Beautiful Mystery2012 · Armand Gamache · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Kingdom of the Blind2018 · Armand Gamache · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon