A Rule Against Murder
- Published
- 1 October 2008
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN-13
- 9781429945370
- Type
- novel
About this book
A Rule Against Murder (2008), published in the UK and Canada as The Murder Stone, is the fourth Gamache novel. At 336 pages, it picks up after The Cruelest Month, with Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache once again drawn into a case that tests the quiet decency at the heart of the series.
Key facts about A Rule Against Murder
A Rule Against Murder is a novel by Louise Penny. Readers have had it since 1 October 2008. It runs to 336 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of A Rule Against Murder. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781429945370 to find the main one.
A Rule Against Murder is book 4 of 20 in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series. The series has 20 published books. However, the series starts with Still Life (2005). The Black Wolf is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 28 October 2025.
That series sits on our mystery shelf. Meanwhile, The Last Mandarin is the latest published Louise Penny book on file, from 12 May 2026.
About Louise Penny
Louise Penny is a Canadian author best known for the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, a long-running literary mystery series set largely in the fictional Quebec village of Three Pines, where a tight-knit cast of eccentric locals recurs across cases investigated by the thoughtful, morally grounded Sûreté du Québec inspector Gamache. See every Louise Penny book in order.
Its place in Chief Inspector Armand Gamache
A Rule Against Murder is book 4 in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series. It follows The Cruelest Month. It is followed by The Brutal Telling. See the full Chief Inspector Armand Gamache reading order.
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec is the rarest thing in crime fiction: a genuinely good man. Courtly, patient, fluent in poetry and human weakness, he teaches his agents four sentences that lead to wisdom — I was wrong. I'm sorry. I don't know. I need help. — and solves murders not by trickery but by listening until people reveal themselves. His cases keep returning him to Three Pines, a village south of Montreal that appears on no map, where croissants and cafe au lait at Olivier's bistro…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781429945370