Still Life introduces not only an engaging series hero in Inspector Gamache, who commands his forces-and this series-with integrity and quiet courage, but also a winning and talented new writer of traditional mysteries in the person of Louise Penny. The locals are certain it's a tragic hunting accident and nothing more, but Gamache smells something foul in these remote woods, and is soon certain that Jane Neal died at the hands of someone much more sinister than a careless bowhunter. The author that so inspires my reader friend is Louise Penny and she writes a murder-mystery series set in small-town Canada. border, has been found dead in the woods. Jane Neal, a local fixture in the tiny hamlet of Three Pines, just north of the U.S.

The discovery of a dead body in the woods on Thanksgiving Weekend brings Chief. The first in the series of Chief Inspector Gamache. Three Pines is made up of good people, but one of us is festering. Winner of the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards.Ĭhief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. Still Life by Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache 1). They are both artists, but Peter is a success, while Clara is unknown in the art world. We meet Clara Morrow and her husband Peter. And, the first half of this book introduces the community. Penny has said her books are not really about murder, but what murder dislodges in a community. In Still Life, bestselling author Louise Penny introduces Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec. Still Life is more than a murder mystery. Read the series that inspired Three Pines on Prime Video.