Description: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec is called to investigate the death of a villager at an Easter seance that was held at the Old Hadley House.
Brief description: LOUISE PENNY is the author of the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Globe and Mail bestselling series of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels, and coauthor with Hillary Rodham Clinton of the #1 New York Times bestselling thriller State of Terror. She has won numerous awards, including a CWA Dagger and the Agatha Award (nine times), and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. In 2017, she received the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture. Louise lives in a small village south of Montréal.
Review Quotes:
"Gamache is a prodigiously complicated and engaging hero, destined to become one of the classic detectives." --"Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"
"The cozy mystery has a graceful practitioner in Louise Penny." --"The New York Times Book Review"
"Don't look for the hamlet of Three Pines anywhere on a map . . . although Louise Penny has made the town and its residents so real . . . that you might just try to find it." --"The Chicago Tribune"
"["A Fatal Grace"] is not the usual 'cosy' or even a traditional puzzle mystery. It's a finely written, intelligent, and observant book." --"The Houston Chronicle"
"A remarkable new writer . . . Louise Penny arrives with flair, humanity, and intrigue in her debut novel, "Still Life." . . . Elegant writing alone would not carry this remarkable book; Penny also creates a puzzle worthy of the masters. But more important, she studies issues of good and evil, of human nature, of human kindness, and human cruelty." --"The Richmond Times-Dispatch"
"This cerebral mystery . . . is a rare treat." --"People on Still Life"