That night, the family’s ugliness unfolds in front of the Gamache’s. The statue of Charles is unveiled, surprising all with its expression of sadness. One, Elliot from Vancouver, the same city as Julia, is the exception to the rest who are grateful for Pierre and Veronique’s attentions. Pierre oversees the wait staff, young people from all over English-speaking Canada to learn French, and the skills of serving and attending to the needs of guests. Pierre Patenaude is the maitre d’ and along with Chef Veronique are the two permanent residents, alongside Madame Dubois. She remembers her husband in every corner of the inn. Madame Dubois and her deceased husband turned an old hunting lodge into a premiere getaway. The place to which they have come offers peace, attentive hospitality, and safety, away from the world’s troubles. The father, Charles Morrow had died some years earlier and would be remembered by the unveiling of a statue that Manoir Bellechasse agreed to give a home in exchange for a substantial gift. The family is together for their mother Irene, and their barely tolerated step-father, Bert Finney. Given this, imagine the surprise of the Gamaches when they discover that Spot and Clare are Peter and Clara Morrow, artists from Three Pines who have become good friends. They talk disparagingly of “Spot and Clare” called the greediest of all. There is Thomas, the seeming business success, Julia, perfect it seems in every way, but recovering from divorcing her husband, in prison for securities fraud. S/he is Mariannas’s child, a quirky single mom. They observe and befriend the strange child, Bean, whose gender is unknown. They are treated by the family as “shopkeepers” who didn’t belong. Displaced by a family reunion of a demanding and unhappy family, they are once again in the smaller back room where they had spent their first visit to the auberge. Armand and Reine Marie Gamache have come here for anniversaries for many years, reveling in the hospitality of Madame Dubois. Manoir Bellechasse is one of the most exclusive and peaceful getaways in Quebec, and just a stone’s throw from Three Pines. Meanwhile, the naming of a child forces Gamache to face his own family history.
Summary: The Gamache’s getaway to a peaceful lodge is interrupted, first by an unloving family reunion, and then by the death of one of the family, crushed under a statue. A Rule Against Murder (Chief Inspector Gamache #4), Louise Penny.
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