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Still Life

Chief Inspector Gamache, Book 1

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Still Life

By: Louise Penny
Narrated by: Adam Sims
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The discovery of a dead body in the woods on Thanksgiving Weekend brings Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his colleagues from the Surete du Quebec to a small village in the Eastern Townships. Gamache cannot understand why anyone would want to deliberately kill well-loved artist Jane Neal, especially any of the residents of Three Pines - a place so free from crime it doesn't even have its own police force. But Gamache knows that evil is lurking somewhere behind the white picket fences and that, if he watches closely enough, Three Pines will start to give up its dark secrets....

Coming soon: Book 2 in the Chief Inspector Gamache series, Dead Cold. Winter in Three Pines, and the sleepy village is carpeted in snow. It's a time of peace and goodwill - until a scream pierces the biting air. A spectator at the annual Boxing Day curling match has been fatally electrocuted. Despite the large crowd, there are no witnesses and - apparently - no clues.

©2005 Louise Penny (P)2006 Isis Publishing Ltd Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Village Crime
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Loved the descriptions, the scene setting, the smells and the sounds. Being transported to this tiny village in Canada. Storyline different and compelling unlike the English mysteries I am normally drawn too.

Travel

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quite enjoyed it. narrator adequate. Not sure about reading any others by the same author.

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Took a bit to get into the story but once I did it was entertaining. A bit "off the wall" but I'm now looking forward to the second in the series.

Quirky writing but keeps you thinking..

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A very enjoyable story and great characters. Lots of plot twists to try and work out who did it.

Kept me guessing until the end!

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Have been searching for a new series I can rely on to be intelligent, character driven and suspenseful. So glad I’ve found it. Was sad to say goodbye to the characters but downloading the next book as we speak. Excellent.

Fabulous

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Ok, has potential, going to give the other books a go. I did like the narrator

Ok, has potential

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loved this book, the writing is poetic. I look forward to listening to other titles

extraordinary writing

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Really enjoyed the characters & a murder mystery with graphic violence. So many negative references about people in bigger bodies, which adds up to more than the views of a few of the characters. Disappointing.

Loved it except for fat phobia

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I thoroughly enjoyed the warming setting of this small town mystery and the depth of each character. The lead detective is not the stereotypical obtuse genius, but a guide to the listener as he navigates this town as a stranger, like the reader, becoming a small part of it by the end.

Cosy Noir Mystery

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The plot was a pleasant departure from the norm. Though it started well, slow but steady, I felt towards the end the story got away from the author and we were left with some long winded explanations in order for the reader to believe what was happening.

I’m not interested in book2.

Different, quirky

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