It's a pleausre to take part in the Blogtour Miss Wolcott's Ghost by Louise Penny. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache book 21. Published by Hodder & Stoughton, £22 H/B, published 20th October 2026. Tour courtesy of Random Things Tours.
About the Author
Louise Penny is the #1 bestselling, multi-award-winning author of the Chief Inspector Gamache novels, set in her home province of Québec, Canada. Her books, including State of Terror written with Hillary Rodham Clinton, have sold more than 18 million copies worldwide, topped international bestseller lists, including the New York Times, and been translated into 32 languages.
The recipient of both the Order of Canada and l’Ordre national du Québec, her country’s highest civilian honours, her Three Pines Foundation reaches out to those in crisis and offers financial and emotional support, with a special focus on literacy as well as dementia care. Her husband, Michael, died of dementia in 2016. She lives with her golden retrievers Muggins and Charlie in a village south of Montreal. Find Louise Penny on Facebook at www.facebook.com/louisepennyauthor
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About the book
Gamache receives a puzzling phone call at his home in Three Pines, instructing him to go to a remote, forgotten area in Quebec to find a dead body, a puzzling mystery unspools that tangles the past, present, and the future.
‘There's a body in Lost Nation.' But the line goes dead before Chief Inspector Armand Gamache can question the caller. The head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec has no idea where Lost Nation is, or who woke him in the small hours of the morning at his home in Three Pines. What he does know is that the man was terrified.
When he and his team of Jean-Guy Beauvoir and Isabelle Lacoste find both place and body, the situation only grows more bizarre. The unidentified dead man appears to be from an era more than a century old. He's lying in a long-abandoned cemetery, on top of a grave with a date, but no name.
Adding to the mystery, the early morning call appears to have come from Gamache's friend and neighbour, Clara Morrow. While she denies any knowledge of it, it becomes clear there is some connection between her, the Morrow family, and Lost Nation.
Soon, Gamache and his team are faced with tracking down not just the legend of Lost Nation, but a lost ship, lost documents belong to an eccentric Victorian botanist, and a mysterious plant not seen in a century, that might save, or take, countless lives.
As the ghosts begin to gather, Gamache realises that the body on the grave is far from the only death. To solve the crime and avert catastrophe he must look to rancid secrets and old lies no longer dead and buried.
One shall tread carefully as to not reveal too much of the plot or which detail plays the most important role in the latest Inspector Gamache book.
A mysterious phone call in the middle of the night thrusts Armand Gamache into a mystery that has its roots in the past and has bloomed to fruition in the current day. Moments of sinister apprehension are often replaced with confusion and surprise. The smallest detail and the carriers of information become what can only be described as a mind-map of historical and geographical facts and stories handed down from person to person.
I have to admit I was unaware of the historical event at the core of this story. Strange how such a massive tragedy could be buried in the ashes of other events that had an impact on the world. What is apparent however is how people have tried to make sure the individuals aren't forgotten by linking names to faces/photos and to families.
I'd hazard a guess that I am not the only person who was deeply disappointed when the powers that be (and clearly have no clue what good television is) decided to cancel Three Pines after the first season. Molina was perfect, but more importantly they captured the essence of belonging, friendship and the landscape of both Canada and the Canadians perfectly. Here's to manifesting another screen attempt.
Penny always delivers her crime and characters with a element of poignance, history, cultural importance and above all with a keen sense of human connection. It always makes for a great read.
Buy Miss Wolcott's Ghost at Amazon Uk or go to Goodreads for any other retailer. Published by Hodder & Stoughton, £22 H/B, published 20th October 2026. Buy at Amazon com. Buy via Bookshop org.
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