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Still Life

Still Life, by Louise Penny, is an award-winning first novel featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. There are currently 5 books in the series.

Who would kill a harmless old woman whom everyone liked? It must have been a tragic hunting accident. But as Inspector Gamache investigates, we learn that not all is gentle in the small village of Three Pines.

This is a captivating mystery set in a pleasant rural village south of Montréal. The people are well-drawn and I liked most of them (with the exception of a few whom no one else much likes either.)

I especially liked the setting. While I'm reasonably familiar with mid-21st century New York City and Regency England, I haven't spent much time in Québec (either in- or outside of fiction) and the new locale was interesting and different. I look forward to getting to know Inspector Gamache better.

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