I just finished Louise Penny's A Better Man. Once again, Penny shows Inspector Gamache to be human, a good human. The setting is Three Pines, with the usual characters. This time, the weather is a factor. At first, I thought it was a character because of the focus put on it. A body does wash up in it. Gamache and Beauvoir almost drown in it, and the murderer succumbs to it. Thus, it is a vital part of the story.
The psychological gymnastics that the characters portray run the gamut. The bad guy is still a bad guy, but not a murderer. The loving father had a demon, inside him. Agent Cloutier loved from afar. Beauvoir leaves the job, the country, and starts a new life.
That's a lot to chew on. Penny doesn't disappoint.
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