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The Hangman

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The Hangman

By: Louise Penny
Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
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On a cold November morning, a jogger runs through the woods in the peaceful Quebec village of Three Pines. On his run, he finds a dead man hanging from a tree. The dead man was a guest at the local Inn and Spa. He might have been looking for peace and quiet, but something else found him. Something horrible. Did the man take his own life? Or was he murdered?

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is called to the crime scene. As Gamache follows the trail of clues, he opens a door into the past. And he learns the true reason why the man came to Three Pines.

This is a short audiobook for people on the go.

©2010 Louise Penny (P)2021 Louise Penny
Mystery Police Procedurals
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Engaging Mystery • Elegant Simplicity • Soothing Voice • Good Plot • Interesting Premise • Superb Performance
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This was probably the worst of all of the Inspector Gamache stories. Really a waste of a full Audible credit.

Exploitation of a great series

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More like an outline than a novel. Cliff Notes version of Loose Penny. Very disappointing

Disappointment

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Not blaming the author on this, but Audible. I thought I was spending a full credit on the next installment in the Gamache series. While that may have been technically accurate, this story was set aside from the rest of the character development and was more of a novella.

Also, I miss Ralph Cosham as the narrator and voice of Chief Inspector Gamache.

Did not realize this was a short story.

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Louise Penny never disappoints! Really enjoyed this short detective story set in the Three Pines world.

Short gem

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I was excited that Louise Penny wrote another Inspector Gamache mystery and purchased this book without reading reviews. But I should have realized by the cover, which does not mention the Chief Inspector or Three Pines, that it was not another book in the series. I did note that the length was 1 hr and 22 minutes, but thought it may have been an error. This reads like a plot outline for her editor.
I am so disappointed!
To the reader who explained the rational for the brevity and lack of depth, thanks! Apparently it was written for "Adult Emergent Readers" ("...adults learning a language...re-learning a language..." or with learning disabilities, brain injuries, etc.)
It all makes sense.
Interesting plot, could have been an interesting novel.

So Disappointing... Don't waste a credit

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Louis Penny is such a descriptive writer. She has no need for torrent sex, blood, or gore to keep the reader interested. 'So refreshing and enjoyable. This is book 6.5 in her Three pines series. Because it is a novella, there is not as much descriptive writing and yet, it is still engaging and tells a good story.

So we'll written!

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He is very English. His French is not as good as the prior reader. His voice doesn’t have the heft of the prior narrator. I wish you had hired Alfred Moline.

I do not like narrator

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I haven’t started A Trick of the Light yet so don’t know how this fits in as a prequel but the story was lacking in depth and character. The narrator was lacking as well although there was nothing in particular wrong with his narration— it just wasn’t the same as the previous books. I bought this with a coupon for $3+. Glad I did not use a credit for it.

Not sure

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Story great but performance, although clear was in English without the French Canadian accent that is the heart of Gamache and his lieutenant’s existence.

English? Really?

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Hard to tell whose talking- narrator tries to give each person a distinctly weird way of talking instead of giving them each a distinct personality through acting.

Bad, distracting narrator

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