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The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny

The Nature of the Beast

A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, #11

by Louise Penny
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  • Aug 25, 2015, 416 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Jul 2016, 400 pages
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Book 11 in Louise Penny's popular Inspector Gamache series
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It's not possible for us to write full length reviews of every book, particular those in a series, so we did not review The Nature of The Beast, but we did feature Bury Your Dead (#6) and How The Light Gets In (#9).

This review first ran in the December 9, 2015 issue of BookBrowse Recommends.

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