67 pages 2 hours read

Louise Penny

The Grey Wolf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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Chapters 30-39Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 30 Summary

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death and death by suicide.

Isabelle calls Claude, who is arranging for the helicopter. After the call, she tells Irene that she’s taking her to Grande Chartreuse. Irene refuses and prays. Isabelle says that she’s the help Irene is praying for.

Meanwhile, Armand and Shona meet. She records their conversation, first talking about her anger at Armand for having her mother arrested, which ended with her mother dying by suicide in prison. Armand feels guilty and asks for Shona’s help. He shares that he keeps files on people in his home safe that could destroy their lives. However, he doesn’t have a file on Shona. Revealing that he kept information from investigations at home could damage his career. She stops her phone’s recording program, and he hopes that the leverage he offers will be enough for her to help him. He needs someone outside the Sûreté to investigate the government issuing pollution waivers and selling resources to Americans. Shona realizes that both are controlled by the deputy prime minister and understands the implications of Armand’s question. She tells him that it was Toussaint who invited her to the latest news conference.

Jean-Guy returns to the seminary in Washington.