The Grey Wolf
A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, Book 19)
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Narrated by:
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Jean Brassard
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Written by:
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Louise Penny
About this listen
"Brassard's accents—whether French Canadian, Italian, or continental French—create indelible characters. His performance lets us feel Reine Marie's warmth and Armand's affectionate nature, and he adds an additional layer to surly Ruth and her potty-mouthed duck. Exciting and entertaining."—AudioFile (Earphones Award winner)
The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series.
Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Québec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide at the Sûreté, as he sits with his wife in their back garden. Reine-Marie watches with increasing unease as her husband refuses to pick up, though he clearly knows who is on the other end. When he finally answers, his rage shatters the calm of their quiet Sunday morning.
That's only the first in a sequence of strange events that begin THE GREY WOLF, the nineteenth novel in Louise Penny's #1 New York Times-bestselling series. A missing coat, an intruder alarm, a note for Gamache reading "this might interest you", a puzzling scrap of paper with a mysterious list—and then a murder. All propel Chief Inspector Gamache and his team toward a terrible realization. Something much more sinister than any one murder or any one case is fast approaching.
Armand Gamache, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, his son-in-law and second in command, and Inspector Isabelle Lacoste can only trust each other, as old friends begin to act like enemies, and long-time enemies appear to be friends. Determined to track down the threat before it becomes a reality, their pursuit takes them across Québec and across borders. Their hunt grows increasingly desperate, even frantic, as the enormity of the creature they’re chasing becomes clear. If they fail the devastating consequences would reach into the largest of cities and the smallest of villages.
Including Three Pines.
A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.
©2024 Louise Penny (P)2024 Macmillan AudioWhat listeners say about The Grey Wolf
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- Tanya
- 2025-02-15
I always love a good Gamache mystery
Louise Penny did not disappoint. It took a moment for me to get used to the new narrator but they did a great job!
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- snowana
- 2024-11-16
Ohh that cliffhanger...
As usual Louise Penny keeps us on the edge of our seat. At first she sets the pace with languid descriptions then hooks us with rapid-fire scene changes just at the peak of the action. Although I love Three Pines, I enjoy when the Gamaches widen their horizons.
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- Sam
- 2024-11-18
Gamache’s New Era
I was prepared to miss Robert Bathurst’s narration, but I was immediately won over by Jean Brassard. The series is set in Quebec and it is so nice to hear correct pronunciations of names and places. Also, Brassard makes Gamache more human; he doesn’t have any of the knowing smugness that sometimes came across in Bathurst’s narration. The story is dark, but that isn’t new for the series. It was worth the wait, and I look forward to number twenty.
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- Wendy Limbertie
- 2024-11-19
Great thriller!
Loved the new narrator! I loved all of the proper pronunciation of all French words that made a huge difference.
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- Stéphanie Duguay
- 2024-11-17
Not the best Gamache best by far
I’ve liked every book in the series, so it’s a new experience to be disappointed at the end of a Gamache book. The plot is gauche and unnecessarily intricate… it is cousu de fil blanc. I didn’t used to be a fan of the previous narrator, but now I sourly miss him… Still glad I read it, but I missed the humanity and yummy Three Pines feeling of the previous books.
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- name withheld
- 2025-01-10
the Cadence of the new performer makes this book almost unreadable.
This is another winner of a book it is lovely it starts out gently and builds in intensity to a feverish pitch. The downside is the new performer. I understand completely that the author wanted to have a Quebecois do the reading out of respect and authenticity. The accent is difficult to understand. However, the big problem is his cadence. There are bizarre pauses after specific words in the middle of sentences that make it very difficult to follow what is going on. I have just finished chapter 28 and realized that I am very confused. I am restarting the book and really hating the thought of having to listen to this man reading it. It is so bad, that I may have to buy a hard copy! I haven't had to do that over the many years that I have been with Audible. I have several hundred books in my library and I have enjoyed every single one. I am so disappointed with this performer.
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- katie
- 2024-12-08
New Narration
I found the narration of this story a distraction. There was very little differentiation between character voices. i was so looking forward to the perfection vocalized by Robert Bathurst,
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- cj
- 2025-01-22
Entertaining
A little convoluted but so well done that it just pulls you in. Sad that the other 3 Pines characters were peripheral but necessary given story line. I’ve read every LP book and this one does not disappoint. The francophone reader was much appreciated and I look forward to the follow up story.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2024-11-13
Narration isn’t great
Each character sounds much the same as the narrator’s own, so it’s not as easy to follow as the others without a bit of effort. I love all the Louise Penny books but the narration for this particular book lacks enough differentiation. Too bad.
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- colleen swords
- 2025-01-14
Finally a Québecois accent!
This narrator sounds like I imagine Gamache’s voice would be like. So glad to have a narrator who know how to pronounce things in Canada. I nearly fell off my chair when a previous narrator referred to Rocket Richard pronouncing Richard like the English first name and not like the French surname it is. I had no such jarring notes this time. Thank you.
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