R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 11/12/2012 + 1438 more book reviews

A man who appears to be homeless is found murdered in the bistro at Three Pines. Olivier knows he is the hermit that he visited but says nothing. As the investigation unfolds, Gamache and his team find he was murdered elsewhere and moved to the bistro. Why? Where? Who is he? What is the murder weapon? So many questions but no answers.

The investigation progresses when the cabin where the murdered man lived is found. There are two sets of fingerprints. In addition, they find that he used paper money to pack the holes in the cabin and for toilet paper in the outhouse. Furthermore, the cabin is filled with precious collectibles and the victim appears to have been a talented wood carver. The word, Woe, appears twice. Why?

The team has trouble identifying the murdered man but discovers that Olivier has been lying because he made a fortune on items the hermit gave him. He found the hermit dead and moved the body to the new spa whose owner moved it to the bistro. The belief is that the man was Czech but no one knows how he came to have the collection. The spa owner's father who was believed dead appeared the same time as the body. Is there a connection? The investigation continues until the murderer and the motive are identified.

I did not enjoy this novel as much as previous readings I have done by this author. Perhaps it's because I identified the murderer early on. I hate it when that happens in a mystery. Therefor it rates three stars from me.

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