The Grey Wolf

Penny returns with the pulse-pounding 19th installment in her “Chief Inspector Gamache” series, following A World of Curiosities. The story opens as Gamache and his wife, Reine-Marie, are enjoying breakfast in their Three Pines garden. Soon, the idyllic picture is shattered by mysterious phone calls, an unsettling break-in, a meeting with a shady stranger, and cryptic clues pointing to an impending disaster of epic proportions. This latest recording features a new narrator, Quebecois actor Jean Brassard, who seems poised to become a fan favorite after taking the reins from talented British narrator Robert Bathurst. Penny pulls out all the stops, and Brassard ably jumps into the fray, capturing tender portraits of Three Pines one moment and, in the next, conveying fraught tension as Gamache and his compatriots fight to save hundreds of thousands of lives. Listeners will be on the edges of their seats as the action reaches a climax, complete with a harrowing gun battle, international intrigue, and danger at the highest levels of government.