The Beautiful Mystery

Anthony Award for Best Novel · 2013 · WinnerAgatha Award for Best Novel · 2012 · Winner

Minotaur BooksAugust 28, 2012mystery-crimeISBN 9781250022868

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Anthony Award for Best Novel	2013	Winner	“Louise Penny's fourth consecutive Anthony win was unprecedented in the award's history, recognizing the monastery novel's almost perfect realization of the traditional detective formula in a contemporary register.”
Agatha Award for Best Novel	2012	Winner	“Louise Penny's monastery-set mystery won for its meditative atmosphere, theological depth, and the secrets locked within a remote Quebec community.”

About This Book

Chief Inspector Gamache travels to a remote monastery in Quebec accessible only by floatplane, where one of the monks has been murdered—and the victim held the secret of the lost plainchant that can transport listeners to transcendence.

About the Author

Louise PennyCA

Louise Penny is a Canadian author best known for her Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, set in the fictional village of Three Pines in Quebec. Her debut novel Still Life won the CWA John Creasey Award for Best First Crime Novel in 2006 and launched one of the most acclaimed mystery series of the twenty-first century. Penny's books are celebrated for their literary richness, psychological depth, and vivid sense of place. Read more →