5/13/2023 0 Comments Kingdom of the blind bookIn the introduction to Kingdom of the Blind, Louise Penny says she didn’t feel she could write again after his death. Penny’s husband Michael, who was the inspiration for Armand Gamache, died in September 2016. I so wish that wasn’t the case because the fact that Kingdom of the Blind was written at all is a testament to Penny’s resilience and courage. She settled all my doubts with book eleven A Great Reckoning (my review is here).īut she’s just published book number 14 and it saddens me to say that my earlier doubts have resurfaced. When we reached book ten of this series however I did wonder how much further Penny could go with this set up. Her central character, Armand Gamache, chief of police, is a superbly conceived character he’s surrounded by some equally well-executed personalities among his friends and family and he lives in the delightful (fictional) village of Three Pines. Louise Penny’s crime series set in Quebec has long been one of my favourite crime writers. How long can a series endure before it runs out of steam?
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