August 29, 2020 | No Comments
All the Devils Are Here
by Louise Penny
Date Published: September 1, 2020
Published By: Minotaur Books
Page Count: 439
Publisher’s Description:
The latest novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec investigating a sinister plot in the City of Light.
On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather as a family for a bistro dinner with Armand’s godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. Walking home together after the meal, they watch in horror as Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Gamache knows is no accident, but a deliberate attempt on the elderly man’s life.
When a strange key is found in Stephen’s possession, it sends Armand, his wife Reine-Marie, and his former second-in-command at the Sûreté, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, from the top of the Tour Eiffel to the bowels of the Paris Archives and from luxury hotels to odd, coded works of art.
It sends them deep into the secrets Armand’s godfather has kept for decades.
A gruesome discovery in Stephen’s Paris apartment makes it clear the secrets are more rancid, the danger far greater and more imminent, than they realized.
Soon the whole family is caught up in a web of lies and deceit. In order to find the truth, Gamache will have to decide whether he can trust his friends, his colleagues, his instincts, his own past. His own family.
For even the City of Light casts long shadows. And in that darkness devils hide.
My Star Rating:
My Review:
All the Devils are Here by Louise Penny
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is my first foray into a Louise Penny book, but I could tell right away that these characters and the world they live in has a history. I didn’t feel lost, but definitely feel like I have some new opportunities to delve into them again.
To me, this story and the characters felt very much like a modern day Sherlock Holmes. I liked the mystery, the trails of breadcrumbs, the danger, and the sense of family and camaraderie between the characters.
The audiobook was done really well. I really liked the voice acting of the narrator and his accents were exceptional.
Thank you very much to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an audiobook review copy to make this honest review possible.