Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
Louise Penny Interrupts the Gamaches’ Vacation
Though most genres are governed by guidelines and suggestions rather than rules, I think it’s safe to say police procedures have at least one holy axiom to abide by: the main character is never allowed to have a fulfilling vacation without murder. In Louise Penny’s A Rule Against Murder, Chief Inspector Gamache becomes yet another victim of the genre’s rule.
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