The Black Wolf
- Published
- 28 October 2025
- ISBN-13
- 9781250403339
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Black Wolf (2025) is the twentieth Gamache novel, directly continuing the story begun in The Grey Wolf the year before as the two-part entry Louise Penny built to close out this stretch of the series. It's followed by book 21, Miss Wolcott's Ghost, due October 2026.
Key facts about The Black Wolf
Louise Penny wrote The Black Wolf, a novel on our list. It has been out since 28 October 2025.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781250403339 to find the main one.
The Black Wolf is book 20 of 20 in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series. The series has 20 published books. However, the series starts with Still Life (2005). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.
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
The Black Wolf is book 20 in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series. It follows The Grey Wolf. 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 9781250403339