02916cam a2200517 i 4500 506747367 TxAuBib 20210715120000.0 120622|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012024186 9781250031129 1250031125 TxAuBib rda Penny, Louise. The beautiful mystery : a Chief Inspector Gamache novel / Louise Penny. Beautiful mystery : a Chief Inspector Gamache novel. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin's Minotaur, 2012. New York : Minotaur Books, 2013. viii, 390 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Armand Gamache Three Pines series Armand Gamache Three Pines series ; 8 Includes bibliographical references and index. No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep in the wilderness of Quebec, where two dozen cloistered monks live in peace and prayer. They grow vegetables, they tend chickens, they make chocolate. And they sing. Ironically, for a community that has taken a vow of silence, the monks have become world famous for their glorious voices, raised in ancient chants whose effect on both singer and listener is so profound it is known as "the beautiful mystery." But when the renowned choir director is murdered, the lock on the monastery's massive wooden door is drawn back to admit Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Surete du Quebec. There they discover disquiet beneath the silence, discord in the apparent harmony. One of the brothers, in this life of prayer and contemplation, has been contemplating murder. As the peace of the monastery crumbles, Gamache is forced to confront some of his own demons, as well as those roaming the remote corridors. Before finding the killer, before restoring peace, the Chief must first consider the divine, the human, and the cracks in between. 20210715. Agatha Award for best novel, 2012. Anthony Award for best novel, 2013. Macavity Award for best novel, 2013. Gamache, Armand (Fictitious character) Fiction. murder Investigation Fiction. Gamache, Armand (Fictitious character.) Monasteries Fiction. Monasteries. Murder Investigation. Monks. Monks. Fiction. Québec (Province) Fiction. Québec. Detective and mystery fiction. Fiction. Armand Gamache Three Pines series. Armand Gamache Three Pines series ; 8.