The Beautiful Mystery

Resumen del libro

No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep in the wilderness of Quebec, where two dozen cloistered monks live in peace and prayer. They grow vegetables, they tend chickens, they make chocolate. And they sing. Ironically, for a community that has taken a vow of silence, the monks have become world-famous for their glorious voices, raised in ancient chants whose effect on both singer and listener is so profound it is known as "the beautiful mystery."
But when the renowned choir director is murdered, the lock on the monastery's massive wooden door is drawn back to admit Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Sûreté du Québec. There they discover disquiet beneath the silence, discord in the apparent harmony. One of the brothers, in this life of prayer and contemplation, has been contemplating murder. As the peace of the monastery crumbles, Gamache is forced to confront some of his own demons, as well as those roaming the remote corridors. Before finding the killer, before restoring peace, the Chief must first consider the divine, the human, and the cracks in between.
The Beautiful Mystery is the winner of the 2012 Agatha Award for best novel, the 2013 Anthony Award for best novel and the 2013 Macavity Award for best novel.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Louise Pennyx{0026}lt;/B (Toronto, 1958) comenzó trabajando como periodista y locutora radiofónica para la Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Las diecisiete novelas que ha escrito del ciclo dedicado a Armand Gamache y la localidad de Three Pines han sido traducidas a veintinueve idiomas y han merecido varios Agatha Awards y Anthony Awards, entre otros muchísimos reconocimientos y distinciones. En 2013 fue nombrada Miembro de la Ordende Canadá por su contribución a difundir la cultura del país. x{0026}lt;I Casas de cristalx{0026}lt;/I , que obtuvo los prestigiosos premios Agatha y Left Coast Crime y se encaramó al primer puesto de la lista de más vendidos de x{0026}lt;I The New York Timesx{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I The Globe and Mailx{0026}lt;/I , fue considerado uno de los mejores libros del año por los libreros y la crítica. La serie Three Pines , basada en las novelas de Louise Penny y con Alfred Molina en el papel de Armand Gamache, se ha estrenado con gran éxito en Amazon Prime Video.x{0026}lt;/P