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Book Review of A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Gamache, Bk 12)

A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Gamache, Bk 12)
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Since this focuses on Three Pines and The Surete Academy, and bounces back and forth between the settings, it was a little frustrating to wait for the story to continue in one place or the other. But revisiting characters in Three Pines was rewarding, and hopefully some of the new characters will show up in future books. The mystery about the map was interesting, although not integral to the murder plot. There were a few too many outlandish coincidences that moved the action along in the right direction; but, as ever, the writing is good enough to overlook the faults. (Although thinking about one plot point -- spoiler would be here -- I think it was sort of preposterous.)