2023/146: The Brutal Telling — Louise Penny

2023/146: The Brutal Telling — Louise Penny

This case didn’t begin with the blow to the head. It started years ago, with another sort of blow. Something happened to our murderer, something we might consider insignificant, trivial even, but was devastating to him. An event, a snub, an argument that most people would shrug off. Murderers don’t. [loc. 1497]

This is a tricky novel to review: it's sixth in the series that began with Still Life, which I liked very much, but I haven't read the intervening volumes, so there is quite a bit of missing context. I also understand, from reviews I sought out after being perplexed by the conclusion of The Brutal Telling, that said conclusion is not actually a conclusion: some aspects, at least, of the case continue in the next book.

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