The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A remote monastery in northern Quebec Province is the setting for Louise
Penny’s 8th novel in the Chief Inspector Gamache series. The monks at
the monastery are well known for their transcendent recording of
Gregorian chants.
“This was the near mythical monastery of
Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups. The home of two dozen cloistered,
contemplative monks. Who had built their abbey as far from civilization
as they could get. Twenty-four men had stepped beyond the door. It had
closed. And not another living soul had been admitted. Until today.
Chief Inspector Gamache, Jean-Guy Beauvoir and Captain Charbonneau were
about to be let in. Their ticket was a dead man.”
The reader is
immersed in the feel of the reverent and quiet monastery, broken up by
the multiple prayer services each day accompanied by the monks’
chanting. I learned quite a lot about the quiet life of a monk and
Gregorian chants.
I recommend that readers enjoy this series in
order from the beginning; several events occurring in the previous two
books factor prominently in this entry. Once again, I’m looking forward
to reading the next book in this wonderful series.
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