Narrator Jean Brassard joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb to discuss narrating Louise Penny’s latest in the Three Pines series, THE GREY WOLF. It’s a thrilling mystery and a new voice for a beloved series, and Brassard describes what it was like to step into the shoes of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. He discusses how his Quebecois background informed his performance and what he enjoyed the most about narrating this mystery named one of AudioFile’s Best of 2024.

Read AudioFile’s review of THE GREY WOLF. Published by Macmillan Audio.

AudioFile’s 2024 Best Mystery & Suspense Audiobooks are:

THE BRIAR CLUB by Kate Quinn, read by Saskia Maarleveld

THE GREY WOLF by Louise Penny, read by Jean Brassard

A NEST OF VIPERS by Harini Nagendra, read by Soneela Nankani

THE SEQUEL by Jean Hanff Korelitz, read by Julia Whelan

SHANGHAI by Joseph Kanon, read by Jonathan Davis

YOU'LL NEVER FIND ME by Allison Brennan, read by Hillary Huber

Find the full list of 2024 Best Audiobooks on our website.

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Jean Brassard photo by Steve Vaccariello.

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