![]() ![]() More pertinent perhaps, is the question would her publishers ever allow her to tell them. There may perhaps be stories to tell about Three Pines that don’t require a death to drive them. Or perhaps, more importantly, her publishers and their publicists demand a murder because they don’t have faith in her readers to follow a writer they love into something rather different. ![]() The Long Way Home doesn’t need a murder to make the point that Penny is exploring: namely the impetus behind the creative process and what examining that impetus means for the people involved. As you will see from the review, I found myself questioning whether Penny, like the central (though absent) character in this novel, Peter Morrow, shouldn’t be asking herself whether or not she wanted to continue as a crime writer. However, much as I enjoyed this book, it did give me pause for thought. You can read that review by following this link. ![]() I was, therefore, very pleased to be given the opportunity to read her most recent novel, The Long Way Home, in advance of publication in order to write a review of it for Shiny New Books. Louise Penny has, for some time now, been one of my favourite crime writers. ![]()
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