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Who do you think Gamache has in mind when he tells Gabri and Olivier: “You’re not the types to do murder. I wish I could say the same for everyone here.”
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I feel as if I say it out loud I’d be “ratting on” a friend in Three Pines. And I think Gamache was teasing them. After all when Gabri asks who he means he says “Now, you don’t expect me to tell you, do you? Besides, this person may never act.” But LP does write that Gabri noted that Gamache looked unconvinced and “even slightly fearful.” Just before this passage, Gamache tells the two men that cruelty comes from either being hurt. Either you develop compassion or you become abusive. The only person in Still Life that this resembles in my mind is Ruth, primarily because of what she did to Jane. But it’s only a guess.
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I’m with you, Tara. I felt that Armand was somewhat teasing Olivier and Gabri, but I also think he might consider Ruth to be capable of murder. He may also consider someone like the Malefant family ( I think they could all be suspects!) but he did consider Ruth as a suspect in this case, and she immediately came to mind. She’s a sometimes bitter person who doesn’t always control her impulses, so I could see Armand considering her.
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This is one of those questions where I have difficulty considering the question solely in the context of one book and one point in time. So much of how Gamache thinks, about people and about murder, is now part of what I expect of him. The same is true of the folks of Three Pines. Armand is clear that any one of the people of Three Pines is capable of murder. It also introduces his willingness to think intuitively, to consider people’s personalities and personal stories.
Consistent with Armand’s comment that Tara notes about the role of being hurt and how one decides to respond, the story reveals the murderer to be someone who nurtured pain into cruelty. And Armand is the kind of investigator who would use his experience and intuition.
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I agree fully Jane. It is difficult given we know so much more about the characters now and especially given that what Gamache is telling Olivier seems a bit ironic given what happens in The Brutal Telling. Gamache is intuitive, yes, but also a realist…he bases his investigations on evidence gathered and what he knows about human nature.
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