Chief Inspector Armand Gamache · Book 13

Glass Houses

Published
29 August 2017
Pages
400
ISBN-13
9781529386592
Type
novel
Cover of Glass Houses

About this book

Glass Houses (2017) is the thirteenth Gamache novel, published as Louise Penny's October release had become an annual event for the series' readers. It runs 400 pages, continuing Armand Gamache's long fight against corruption inside the Surete du Quebec.

Key facts about Glass Houses

Glass Houses is a novel by Louise Penny. Readers have had it since 29 August 2017. It runs to 400 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Glass Houses. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781529386592 to find the main one.

Glass Houses is book 13 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

Glass Houses is book 13 in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series. It follows A Great Reckoning. It is followed by Kingdom of the Blind. 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…

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