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- Encouraged by Whitehead, Penny quit the CBC in 1996 in order to write a novel. However, after struggling for five years to pen “the greatest historical novel ever,” she decided to try her hand at mysteries. According to Penny, she stopped writing for an imagined reader and instead focused on what she would like to read.
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Louise Penny CAN WRITE. The mystery was great (and I didn’t solve it) but what got me the most was Penny’s writing style and reflections on the human psyche. This first Louise Penny book has Chief Inspector Armand Gamache searching a piece of art for clues after its painter, Jane Neal, turns up dead.
Louise Penny (born July 1, 1958) CM OQ is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of francophone Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec.
Dec 5, 2022 · Louise Penny is a bestselling writer most known for her mystery series following Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. The series is up to 18 books, including Still Life , Bury Your Dead , A Trick of...
- Still Life (2005) A suspicious death brings Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec and his team of investigators to a rural village south of Montreal.
- A Fatal Grace (published as Dead Cold in the U.K.) (2006) In the small village of Three Pines in Quebec, CC de Poitiers had her fair share of enemies—from her husband, to her lover, even her daughter and pretty much the rest of town—so when she winds up electrocuted in the middle of a frozen lake in front of the entire village, Chief Inspector Gamache has his work cut out for him.
- The Cruelest Month (2007) Even springtime in Three Pines doesn’t bring relief when a séance at the Old Hadley House ends with one party member dying of fright.
- A Rule Against Murder (published as The Murder Stone in the U.K.) (2008) Chief Inspector Gamache and his wife Reine-Marie are celebrating their wedding anniversary at Manoir Bellechasse, a secluded, luxurious inn not far from Three Pines.
- Still Life. In this first book of the Inspector Gamache series, we meet our modern Poirot, who is called with his team to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal.
- A Fatal Grace. In the second Gamache novel, also set in Three Pines, the villagers are preparing for a traditional Christmas—but one of them is preparing for murder.
- The Cruelest Month. It’s now spring in Three Pines, but although the earth has been thawing out, it seems not everything is meant to return to life. Hoping to get rid of the town’s evil, some of the villagers decide to celebrate Easter with a séance at the Old Hadley House.
- A Rule Against Murder. This summer, Chief Inspector Gamache and his wife are celebrating their wedding anniversary at Manoir Bellechasse, an isolated, luxurious inn not far from Three Pines.
Dec 15, 2022 · Dec. 15, 2022. A funny thing happened when Louise Penny decided to take a year off from writing. In 2021, the Canadian novelist ushered two thrillers into the world — “ The Madness of Crowds ”...
From number one New York Times bestselling author, Louise Penny, comes an evocative, immersive novel brimming with atmosphere and heart-stopping suspense – her most ingenious novel to date.
