NOT recommended.

I’ve read all the Inspector Gamache books by Louise Penny.

But I’ve been disappointed with most — and even more disappointed with The Grey Wolf (2024), 19th in the series.

Best are the people of Three Pines — and there is very little of that in this book.

The plot is too complicated and utterly unconvincing. It’s a bad thriller.

Even worse, the clues are nearly non-existent. There’s no way Gamache would have reacted as he did in this one.

Sadly, the next book is likely to be part 2 of this nonsense.

A missing coat, an intruder alarm, a note for Gamache reading “this might interest you”, a puzzling scrap of paper with a mysterious list―and then a murder. All propel Chief Inspector Gamache and his team toward a terrible realization.

Something much more sinister than any one murder or any one case is fast approaching.

Armand Gamache, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, his son-in-law and second in command, and Inspector Isabelle Lacoste can only trust each other, as old friends begin to act like enemies, and long-time enemies appear to be friends.

Determined to track down the threat before it becomes a reality, their pursuit takes them across Québec and across borders. …