The Brutal Telling (An Armand Gamache - Three Pines Mystery)

[Read by Ralph Cosham]

''Chaos is coming, old son.'' With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. As families prepare to head back to the city and children say goodbye to summer, a stranger is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques store. -- No one admits to knowing the murdered man, but as secrets are revealed, chaos begins to close in on the beloved bistro owner, Olivier. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are called in to strip back layers of lies, exposing both treasures and rancid secrets buried in the wilderness. -- A trail of clues and treasures, from first editions of Charlotte's Web and Jane Eyre to a spider web with the word ''WOE'' woven in it, lead the Chief Inspector deep into the woods and across the continent in search of the truth and finally back to Three Pines as the little village braces for the truth and the final, brutal telling. -- *Audiobook Narrator Ralph Cosham reprises his Audie® Award-nominated role as Inspector Armand Gamache in this fifth novel in the much-awarded 'Three Pines Mystery' series.