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  • Bury Your Dead

  • Chief Inspector Gamache, Book 6
  • Written by: Louise Penny
  • Narrated by: Adam Sims
  • Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (242 ratings)

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Bury Your Dead

Written by: Louise Penny
Narrated by: Adam Sims
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Publisher's Summary

As Quebec City shivers in the grip of winter, its ancient stone walls cracking in the cold, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache plunges into the strangest case of his celebrated career. A man has been brutally murdered in one of the city’s oldest buildings - a library where the English citizens of Quebec safeguard their history. And the death opens a door into the past, exposing a mystery that has lain dormant for centuries... a mystery Gamache must solve if he’s to catch a present-day killer. Steeped in luscious atmosphere, brimming with the suspense and wit that have earned Louise Penny a massive global following, Bury Your Dead is the most ingenious suspense novel of the year.

©2010 Louise Penny (P)2011 Hachette Digital

What the critics say

"Murder, an attractive detective, and terrific atmosphere . . . Impressive." ( The Times)
"Magic . . . an elegance and depth not often seen." ( The New York Times Book Review)
"Ingenious." ( Guardian)
"Shudders and suspense . . . terrific." ( Time Out)

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Sadly my last Inspector Gamache audio book .....

I have loved the Inspector Gamache series, downloading book after book continuously.

Listening ahead I hear that the narrator has been changed for future books. Adam Sims developed these characters perfectly and hearing his voice portray them has been one of the highlights of listening.
Bury Your Dead was a complex, beautifully woven telling of two different plots. As always I enjoy Louise Penny’s imagination and the building of characters so we feel like we know them.
Unfortunately I am put off by the change on narrator, it’s like changing the lead in Broadway show and expecting no one to notice.
Why would they do that?!?!
I’ve enjoyed the series to date and if I choose to continue I will need to read the remainder, hopefully hearing Adam Sims voice the characters I’ve grown to love come off the pages.
To the library I go.

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Too many cooks

The energy it took to follow 3 storylines, one of which was a Dan Brown-esque journey into Québec history, was more exhausting than enjoyable. I missed the simple-mystery-set-in-the-small-town formula that drew me to this series.

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One of the best of the series

I was so disappointed with the precious Gamache book, it seemed missing a few plot twists and felt improbable. This book made it all make sense, and the sensitivity about the trauma of Gamache, his family & colleagues was really well done without reducing the villains by dehumanizing them. Thoughtful, interesting and well written.

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Captivating and engaging

All the stories in this series are wonderful. Mr Sims did a wonderful job narrating

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Compelling

This is my favourite entry in this series so far. I was compelled throughout by the unfolding of the traumatic event experienced by Gamache and Beauvoir, and their characters became deeper and even more realistic and endearing than in earlier instalments. Excited to see the ongoing unwinding of these events and how they transform the series

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One of the best!

I’ve decided to read them in order, and recommend it. As an anglophone Quebecer I learned more about this history surrounding Quebec, and truly believe Penny does an exquisite job of capturing tensions, traits, etc., that are alive here. Really enjoyed the three plots at play. I’m biased as I’ve enjoyed all the books so far, but in this one I felt like I’ve started to get to know the main characters intimately. Onto the next! Bravo!

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A wonderful story packed full of wonderful characters

As usual, Louise penny takes us on an intoxicating & believable journey full of mystery&history using loveable characters and cozy backdrops as a canvas to paint her incredible stories onto.
A pleasure & privilege to read (&listen to)

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Brilliant!

Another amazing Inspector Gamach book. The descriptive words of Quebec City made me feel like I was there again.

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excellent

as all others, became completely immersed!! loved it. It keeps you guessing throughout. Fully enjoyable!

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  • 2022-02-22

the best of the series.

Louise Penny really outdoes herself with this novel in the series. She really does pull on every heart string and tug on each and every suspenseful nerve you might have. I couldn't wait to get to the end with this one.

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  • Qwerty1
  • 2012-11-29

Did not live up to expectations!

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

No, considered several times deleting it, but ploughed on. Read great reviews, but this book had way too much going on for me to keep track of. Might be better if read. Way too many characters - 25 - 30 people, probably about 4 or 5 main characters. Too many irrelevant side stories. Too much Quebecois history shoved down your throat, and I've even been there, so probably a bit more appreciative than the average listener. The history would be more acceptable if you were say a high school student in Quebec, but it's local history, and not really something outsiders have more than a passing interest in. It's almost like the book had a political statement to make as well because many Quebecois people want independence from Canada, and this was very very evident in the book, to the point where it annoyed me.

What could Louise Penny have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Cut out all the irrelevant side stories, and instead of their being two murder cases plus the police situation at the beginning, which continually reappeared throughout the novel (and this to-ing and fro-ing time wise threw me out on a few occasions), just stick to one thread.
This should shorten it, which it desperately needed.

Have you listened to any of Adam Sims’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No. But he was excellent I thought, and did the accents well.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No, hardly made it through the book.

Any additional comments?

Wish I hadn't bothered with it. Dragged on, and bored me for the most part.

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  • Igor Hueb de Castro
  • 2019-03-03

Amazing Book

3 stories crammed in one book.
Amazing work by Louise Penny, possibly the best Gamache book yet.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 2012-05-19

Noooo, Wrong Narrator

Why would they not use Ralph Cosham to narrate this book. The major reason that I preferred obtaining Louise Penny book in Audible format is because of the magical quality of Ralph Cosham's voice gives to the stories. That voice lifts the story above being just a narrated story to being a gateway to Three Pines.

Although the story itself was up to the fantastic level that Penny always creates, the unexpected nature of Adam Sims voice (good in it's own right, but incongruant to the Three Pines Mysteries) made the overall quality of this audible edition disquiet.

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  • Danielle
  • 2011-09-19

Murder Mystery

This book left some questions unanswered until the end of the story. By doing this it keeps the reader engaged and guessing. I liked the setting of the story. The canadian content made the story more relavent to me. The author does a very good job of discribing the setting. You can feel the cold winter winds as you listen to it.

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  • Barbara
  • 2022-08-22

A brilliant weaving if three stories.

I really lived how she wove the three stories together and also the self awareness and self discovery of some of the charaters.

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  • Louise
  • 2019-01-07

French accent

Very good book with the three stories. However the pronunciation of French sometimes wrong. Augustin has no e at the end, with an e its a female name...the d in Armand is silent.

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  • Russ
  • 2018-06-22

An excellent addition to the series.

Although I generally don't enjoy stories being narrated in parallel, it works here. And the tying-together of previous plot points worked, as did (my take on) the hints of further developments. Highly recommended, and looking forward to the next in the series.

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  • D. Read
  • 2016-11-14

Mixing the past with the recent past and present

Would you consider the audio edition of Bury Your Dead to be better than the print version?

I prefer audio

What was one of the most memorable moments of Bury Your Dead?

the final twists in an old case but the ongoing lead up to a terrible tragedy

What about Adam Sims’s performance did you like?

Love Adam Sims just started a new book with a different speaker and he's not quite got what Sim's has

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Bringing the past to the present

Any additional comments?

love this book

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  • Lyn
  • 2015-09-14

Three stories in one

Best book of the series so far. Three mysteries in one book. Enjoyed every second

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  • Anniebligh
  • 2014-05-27

O My Gum shoes!


There is so much going for the series and after 4 books Louise really could have hit her stride.

It ia painfully repetitive.

A good editor would help..