In 2014 we hosted a re read of the inspector gamache series books 1 10 guided by questions from longtime gamache fans and guest bloggers we have an ongoing discussion currently underway in the bistro and you can find the archive of the re read for the cruelest month in the re read archive pages which includes a video from louise. The cruelest month a chief inspector gamache novel chief inspector gamache novel 3 penny louise on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers the cruelest month a chief inspector gamache novel chief inspector gamache novel 3. Today in gamache goes abroad we visit the norwegian edition of the cruelest month as you might remember from the cultural inspirations we did about this book the title directly references the ts eliot poem the wasteland in the book gamache reflects on the nature of the poets idea that april is the cruelest month. A chief inspector must find out why someone died at an easter party in a small town where nothing out of the ordinary usually happens in louise pennys crime thriller the cruelest month 2007 the third book in the chief inspector armand gamache seriesin 2008 it won the agatha award for best novel