Louise Penny has been one of my favorite writers in the last few years. Her last two or three, including A Better Man have not been nearly as good as the earlier ones. Re-hashing the same storylines, losing the depth of many favorite characters - she has done this for the last few books. The out-to-get Gamache plots are becoming unbelievable and bizarre. A Better Man’s Clara arc was just plain whacky. And Louise’s politics are being written in her books.
All this makes me sad as I have loved Gamache books for so long. Kind of reminds me of what Patricia Cornwell did to destroy her Scarpetta series. After book 9 or 10, it went way downhill. I really hope Louise Penny will turn her beloved characters around.
