The Cruelest Month

The Cruelest Month
Paperback cover art for The Cruelest Month
AuthorLouise Penny
Audio read byRalph Cosham
Original titleThe Cruellest Month
IllustratorRob Wood
LanguageEnglish
SeriesChief Inspector Armand Gamache
GenreMystery, crime novel
PublisherHeadline (UK)
St. Martin's Press (US)
Publication date
August 1, 2007 (UK)
March 4, 2008 (US)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
United States
Canada?
Media typePrint, ebook, audiobook
Pages320 pp. (first edition, hardcover)
ISBN9780755328956
(hardcover 1st UK ed.)
Preceded byA Fatal Grace 
Followed byA Rule Against Murder 

The Cruelest Month, by Louise Penny, is the third novel in the Three Pines Mysteries series, which features Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, published in 2007 and 2008.

In December 2022, the novel was adapted to streaming television at Amazon Prime Video as the two-part second arc of Three Pines, starring Alfred Molina, written by Jamie Crichton and directed by Tracey Deer.