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Still Life

by (author) Louise Penny

Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Initial publish date
Jun 2011
Category
General
Recommended Reading age
18
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780751547382
    Publish Date
    Jun 2011
    List Price
    $15.99

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Where to buy it

Out of print

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Description

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

About the author

Contributor Notes

Louise Penny is the Number One New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Gamache series, including Still Life, which won the CWA John Creasey Dagger in 2006. Recipient of virtually every existing award for crime fiction, Louise was also granted The Order of Canada in 2014 and received an honorary doctorate of literature from Carleton University and the Ordre Nationale du Québec in 2017. She lives in a small village south of Montreal.

Editorial Reviews

Louise Penny's writing is intricate, beautiful and compelling.Peter James

Penny's elegant style is deeply satisfying, while Gamache is contemplative even when under pressure, and remains a man you want to spend time withMetro

Impossible to put downGlobe and Mail on The Murder Stone

Full of twists and turns . . . Wonderfully satisfyingKate Mosse on How the Light Gets In

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