Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 1)

Name: Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 1)
Price: 2.99 USD
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Rating: 4.3 (63834 reviews)
Author: Louise Penny

by Louise Penny

Mystery Thriller Literary Fiction

4.3 (63,834)

4.3 stars from 63,834 reviews. One of the highest rated Mystery Thriller books we track.

225 pages~3.8 hr readPublished by Hachette UKPublished 2011-04-07

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Perfect for you if...

You love traditional mysteries with a detective you'd actually trust, someone who listens more than he talks and thinks three steps ahead.
You appreciate small-town secrets where everyone has motive and the real story is buried beneath politeness and habit.
You want to start a series that respects your intelligence and rewards you with a protagonist who gets better with each book.

Maybe not for you if...

You need high-octane plots with constant twists. Gamache moves deliberately, which some find slow.
You prefer standalone mysteries. This is book one of a long series, and jumping in means committing to a character arc.
You're looking for cosy mysteries that are light and frothy. Penny's work has darkness underneath the charm.

About this book

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec and his team are called to investigate a suspicious death in Three Pines, a small village south of Montreal near the U.S. border. Jane Neal, a longtime resident, has been found dead in the woods. While locals believe it was a hunting accident, Gamache suspects foul play and becomes convinced that Neal was killed deliberately rather than by a careless bowhunter. Still Life won the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards. The novel introduces Inspector Gamache as a series protagonist and establishes Louise Penny as a writer of traditional mysteries.

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Currently #2,902 in the Kindle store — a top-10K bestseller.

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Currently 4.3★ from 63,834 reviews

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