These, however, are the conclusions of minds far less observant than Inspector Gamache’s. The locals, while shocked and absorbed in tragedy, don’t think of it as anything other than a hunting accident which could have happened to anyone. The first case we see him working takes him to the remote fictional hamlet of Three Pines, where quaintness is just a front.Ī local fixture of the small hamlet, Jane Neal, has been found dead in the woods after being shot with an arrow. The first book was published all the way back in 2008, titled Still Life, and introduced us to the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec (Quebec’s national police force), as well as his team of investigators generally tasked with the more complicated crimes. Writing a successful mystery series led by the same detective is, in my opinion, a real badge of honour in the realm of literature, and I think Louise Penny deserves one for her Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery series. Though I would argue there are still none who have surpassed Agatha Christie as the queen of murder mystery series, there are many who have come close or even proven themselves equal. Louise Penny gives Gamache his Grand Debut
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