02423cam a2200385 4500 1022496216 TxAuBib 20190905120000.0 150501s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015-017153 9781250022080 hardcover 1250022088 hardcover DLC eng DLC DLC TxAuBib Penny, Louise. The nature of the beast : a [Chief] Inspector Gamache novel / Louise Penny. 1st ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2015. 376 p. ; 25 cm. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series ; 11 Three Pines mysteries ; 11 Sequel to "The long way home.". Sequel: "A great reckoning.". Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache, who now live in the little Quebec village. But when the boy disappears, the villagers are faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might have been true. And so begins a frantic search for the boy and the truth. What they uncover deep in the forest sets off a sequence of events that leads to murder, leads to an old crime, leads to an old betrayal. Leads right to the door of an old poet. And now it is now, writes Ruth Zardo. And the dark thing is here. A monster once visited Three Pines. And put down deep roots. And now, Ruth knows it is back. Armand Gamache, the former head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec, must face the possibility that, in not believing the boy, he himself played a terrible part in what happens next. 20150915. Agatha Award nominee for Best Contemporary Novel, 2015. Lefty Award winner for Best World Mystery, 2016. Gamache, Armand (Fictional character) Fiction. Police Québec (Province) Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. Mystery fiction. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series ; 11. Three Pines mysteries ; 11. TXNES