Louise Penny
Louise Penny worked as an award-winning journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation before leaving to write crime fiction. Her first Three Pines mystery, “Still Life,”"" won the New Blood Dagger from the British Crime Writers’ Association and the Arthur Ellis Award from the Crime Writers of Canada. In the United States, it received the prestigious Anthony and Barry awards at Bouchercon 2007, as well as the Dilys Award for the book that the members of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association most enjoyed selling. It was also named one of “Kirkus Reviews”’ top ten mysteries of 2
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The Franchise Affair
I’m an evangelist for this book. It’s a tour-de-force by one of the forgotten grande dames of mystery fiction.
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The Cruelest Month (0)
“Many mystery buffs have credited Louise Penny with the revival of the type of traditional murder mystery made famous by Agatha Christie. . . . The book’s title is a metaphor not only for the month of April but also for Gamache’s personal and professional challenges—-making this the series standout so far.”
—Sa…
Rule Against Murder (0)
""What happened here last night isn’t allowed," said Madame Dubois.
""It was such an extraordinary thing to say it stopped the ravenous Inspector Beauvoir from taking another bite of his roast beef on baguette.
"""You have a rule against murder?" he asked.
"""I do. When my husband and I bought the Bellechass…
The Brutal Telling (0)
“Chaos is coming, old son.
”With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. As families prepare to head back to the city and children say goodbye to summer, a stranger is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques store. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are called in to strip back layer…
Bury Your Dead (0)
It is Winter Carnival in Quebec City, bitterly cold and surpassingly beautiful. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache hascome not to join the revels but to recover from an investigation gone hauntingly wrong. But violent death is inescapable, even in the apparent sanctuary of the Literary and Historical Society— where an obse…
Still Life (0)
Winner of the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards.
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. Jane Neal, a local fixture in the tiny hamlet of Three Pines, …
A Fatal Grace: A Three Pines Mystery (0)
Winner of the 2007 Agatha Award for Best Novel Welcome to winter in Three Pines, a picturesque village in Quebec, where the villagers are preparing for a traditional country Christmas, and someone is preparing for murder.
No one liked CC de Poitiers. Not her quiet husband, not her spineless lover, not her pathetic d…
A Trick of the Light (0)
A “New York Times” Notable Crime Book and Favorite Cozy for 2011A “Publishers Weekly” Best Mystery/Thriller books for 2011"" ""Penny has been compared to Agatha Christie but] it sells her short. Her characters are too rich, her grasp of nuance and human psychology too firm…." —"Booklist “(starred review)
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A Trick of the Light: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (0)
A “New York Times” Notable Crime Book and Favorite Cozy for 2011 “Hearts are broken,” Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book. “Sweet relationships are dead.”
But now Lillian herself is dead. Found among the bleeding hearts and lilacs of Clara Morrow’s garden in Three Pines, shattering the celebrations of Clara’…
