The Grey Wolf, A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, is the 19th in this series by Louise Penny. She is one of my favorite authors, who I think stands shoulder to shoulder with Michael Connelly, Daniel Silva, C.J. Box, and John Grisham. Ms. Penny is better than Lee Childs, David Baldacci and Jonathan Kellerman.
She produces one book a year. I always pre-order her novels, and since her original magnificent novel, Still Life which was written 19 years ago in 2005, I’ve counted on having an enjoyable day as I dive into her story. As usual, I love her characters, both the longstanding ones as well as her introduction of new people with her new plots. Her descriptive writing is always wonderful. Usually, the plots have been local ones rather than international espionage stories. However, this plot was a bigger and grander story which required more characters to carry the theme. I found that disappointing. With the plot being more complex and international in scope, I think it lost some of the intimacy for which Ms. Penny has been famous. So, this book was not my favorite. But all of my favorite authors have produced stories that seemed a bit off, so for the first time in 19 books, that is my opinion of The Grey Wolf. I will continue to pre-order her books and hope for another good day of Three Pines drama when she publishes her next book in 2005.
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