I hardly feel like this book needs an introduction; I’m on the record as a Penny devotee. And a Paris devotee, so traveling to France with the Gamaches was so fun this time.

This is the 16th book in Penny’s Chief Inspector Gamache series; I recommend reading them in order. (Start with Still Life). In this new installment, the Gamaches travel to Paris to visit their son, welcome daughter Annie’s soon-to-be-born daughter, and visit with Armand’s godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. The nonogenarian has made a career out of exposing corporate fraud, so when he is struck by a delivery van while walking home from family dinner, Armand knows it was no accident. But who would want Stephen dead, and why? Stephen was fond of quoting Shakespeare: “Hell is empty and all the devils are here,” and the Gamaches spend the rest of the novel running all over Paris tracking down those devils, trying to solve the crime, each new discovery drawing them deeper into the same web of deception that made Stephen a wanted man. I loved this on audio, but then again, I would love this in any format.

This is Louise Penny's 16th in the Inspector Gamache series. The book can stand alone as the setting is all together new for the series. If you have read the past fifteen books, some questions you may have about the family relationships will be answered in this book. As always, Penny is the master of dialogue which she deftly crafts so it flows so easily between the characters and I feel like I'm part of the narrative, a witness to what's happening.

Check out the audio version, too, if you want to hear how the names are pronounced.

Thanks to #NetGalley for the ARC of #AllTheDevilsAreHere.

I like, can't say what I really thought of this book because it will be many expletives followed by many spoilers in the absolute best way possible.

Look, all I'll say is that Penny did A BRILLIANT job of doing a thing that if you'd asked me if it would work, a week ago, I'd have said, "are YOU MAD? The good part is [redacted] and if the story doesn't involve [redacted] how will the story work?"

It works. It SOOOOOOO works.

More Gamache, please. MORE GAMACHE PLEASE.

Thanks to the publisher and to NetGalley for the digital ARC.

Louise Penny is my absolute favorite living mystery writer, and somehow, every book she writes manages to be better than the one before it. She's created a world that immerses the reader and fully human characters who feel like friends and family. In All the Devils are Here, Armand Gamache is in Paris with his family, awaiting the birth of a new grandchild, when Gamache sees his rich, elderly godfather deliberately struck down by a hit-and-run driver. As Gamache tries to find the secret that put his godfather at risk, suspicion of corruption at the highest levels has Gamache and his family on the front lines of a seemingly unwinnable conflict. Another Louise Penny masterpiece!

Treat Louise Penny's new Gamache mystery, set in Paris, like dinner at a three-star Michelin restaurant.

Savor the chance to sit at the table with the whole family, including the chief inspector's godfather. Pause often to consider why someone wants to kill the godfather. Cut into Gamache's relationship with the head of Paris police. Slather lots of attention on the affection between Gamache and his wife, his children, their mates, their children.

If you inhale the story all in one sitting, your heart will burn for hours, missing the world that Penny creates.

Louise Penny continues her much-loved series with a smashing entry, well worthy of its place. This time the family is in Paris and just as Three Pines plays an important role in most of her books, so Paris is center stage as an important character and backdrop for the complicated story of corruption and greed. (And as a librarian I have to embrace the role that archivists and a librarian play in helping unravel the mysteries that propel the story. At its heart, this book is about family, about love, about courage, and about morality, all made ever-so-more important in the context of the times in which we're currently living.Brava Ms. Penny!