Still Life (Chief Inspector Gamache, #1)

by Louise Penny

The CWA Dagger-winning first novel from worldwide phenomenon and number one New York Times bestseller Louise Penny, introducing Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.

The discovery of a dead body in the woods on Thanksgiving Weekend brings Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his colleagues from the Surete du Quebec to a small village in the Eastern Townships. Gamache cannot understand why anyone would want to deliberately kill well-loved artist Jane Neal, especially any of the residents of Three Pines - a place so free from crime it doesn't even have its own police force.

But Gamache knows that evil is lurking somewhere behind the white picket fences and that, if he watches closely enough, Three Pines will start to give up its dark secrets...

'Chief Superintendent Armand Gamache of the Quebec police is one of the most interesting detectives in crime fiction' The Times

'A cracking storyteller, who can create fascinating characters, a twisty plot and wonderful surprise endings' Ann Cleeves

• ISBN10: 0751547387
• ISBN13: 9780751547382
• Publish Date: 7 April 2011 (first published 5 September 2005)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 11 June 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Imprint: Sphere
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 400
• Language: English

Reviews

[Eve1972]

I am so diggin books by Canadian author's lately, especially if they take place in Canada also. This book hooked me from page one, loved the characters, loved the setting (I want to pack my bags and move to Three Pines right now!! lol) and loved all the little Canadian references. I am actually pretty good at figuring out "who done it's" but this one had be stumped until the very end! My only small complaint was the Yvette Nichol character, this character seemed really under developed and really didn't add anything to the story, in fact if she had been erased from the narrative all together I don't think it would have any affected the storyline whatsoever. Since this is book one of a series, perhaps the author has other plans for the character in later books? If you love a good mystery this gets a big thumbs up from me!