Louise Penny
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Deutsch
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Das Dorf Three Pines liegt so versteckt in den kanadischen Wäldern, dass es auf keiner Landkarte verzeichnet ist. Nur ein Ort ist noch schwieriger zu finden: das Gilbertinerkloster Entre-les-Lupes. Hoch im Norden Québecs, an einem einsamen See, leben die Mönche von selbst angebautem Gemüse und sind vor allem eins: schweigsam und friedfertig. Da ist das Entsetzen groß, als Frère Mathieu, der allseits beliebte Chorleiter, hinterrücks erschlagen...
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St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Ten copies plus discussion guide. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. Jane Neal, a local fixture in the tiny hamlet of Three Pines, just north of the U.S. border, has been found dead in the woods. The locals are certain it's a tragic hunting accident and nothing more, but Gamache smells something foul in these...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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#1 New York Times best-selling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels, Louise Penny brings her “nerve and skill—as well as heart” (Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post) to selecting the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year.
Writing short stories takes “Skill. Discipline. Knowledge of the form while not being formulaic,” contends Louise Penny in her introduction. “In a short...
Writing short stories takes “Skill. Discipline. Knowledge of the form while not being formulaic,” contends Louise Penny in her introduction. “In a short...
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English
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State of Terror follows Ellen Adams, a novice Secretary of State, who has joined the administration of her rival, a president inaugurated after four years of American leadership that shrank from the world stage. A series of terrorist attacks throws the global order into disarray and the secretary is tasked with assembling a team to unravel the deadly conspiracy, a scheme carefully designed to take advantage of an American government dangerously out...
25) Terror de estado
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Series
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Salamandra Ediciones
Pub. Date
[2022]
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Español
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Después de un período tumultuoso en la política estadounidense, una nueva administración acaba de prestar juramento y, para sorpresa de todos, el presidente elige a un enemigo político para el puesto vital de Secretario de Estado. No hay amor perdido entre el Presidente de los Estados Unidos y Ellen Adams, su nueva Secretaria de Estado. Pero es un movimiento astuto por parte del presidente. Con este nombramiento, silencia a uno de sus más duros...
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[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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The village of Three Pines, a refuge from the modern world in the beautiful Eastern Townships, basks in the tranquil glory of its autumn colours. But the blazing woods conceal the body of a much-loved teacher - shot through the heart with an arrow. A tragic hunting accident or murder? Charismatic Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team of officers probe to discover deep layers of deceit, resentment, and murderous rage in the pretty village