By Ande Jacobson

After How the Light Gets In, the tenth mystery novel in Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Armand Gamache (of the Sûreté du Québec) series, The Long Way Home, is truly a palate cleanser as a literary friend recently noted. First released in 2014, this book picks up where the previous book left off and resolves the remaining story arc surrounding Clara and Peter Morrow’s marriage that had been in limbo. Clara had sent Peter away with the understanding that he would return in a year for them to reevaluate whether they could save their marriage or go their separate ways. Clara remained in Three Pines, and Peter went to parts unknown. A bit over a year later, he still hasn’t returned, and Clara is concerned. Now that Armand Gamache is happily retired and starting to delve into the ghosts of his own past while living peacefully in Three Pines, Clara approaches him with her concerns, and the new mystery begins to unfold. Continue reading →