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Easter
in Three Pines is a time of church services, egg
hunts and seances to raise the dead.
A group of friends trudges up to the Old Hadley
House, the horror on the hill, to finally rid
it of the evil spirits that have so obviously
plagued it, and the village, for decades.
But instead of freeing a spirit, they create a
new one. One of their numbers dies
of fright. Or was it murder?
Enter Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team
from the Surete du Quebec. As they peel
back the layers of flilth and artiface that have
covered the haunted old home, they discover the
evil isn't confined there. Some evil is
guiding the actions of one of the seemingly kindly
villagers.
But Gamache has a horror all his own to confront.
A very personal demon is about to strike.
Easter in Three Pines. A time
of rebirth, when nature comes alive. But
something very unpleasant has also come alive.
And it become clear - for there to be a rebirth,
there first must be a death.
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The Cruelest Month
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(Launching on Mar 4, 2008)

The
Cruellest Month
UK/Canada
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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. There's been
a murder.
Local
police are baffled. 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.
Called
in to head the investigation, Chief Inspector
Armand Gamache unravels the dead woman's past
and discovers a history of secrets and enemies.
But Gamache has enemies of his own. Frozen out
of decision-making at the highest level of the
Surete du Quebec, Gamache finds there are few
he can trust. As a bitter wind blows into Three
Pines, something even more chilling is sneaking
up behind him...
DEAD
COLD launched May 2007 in the US, under the title
A FATAL GRACE.

The Ottawa Citizen, Mike Gillespie
Penny writes like a modern-day Agatha Christie,
with a little Dylan Thomas thrown in for good
measure. Her characters leap from the page, her
plotting is sublime, the atmosphere she builds
in a bitter Quebec winter in Dead Cold, completely
chilling.

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Fatal Grace /Dead Cold
UK/Canada
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Germany
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As
the early morning mist clears on Thanksgiving
Sunday, the homes of Three Pines come to life
- all except one
To
locals, the village is a safe haven. So they are
bewildered when a well-loved member of the community
is found lying dead in the maple woods. Surely
it was an accident - a hunter's arrow gone astray.
Who could want Jane Neal dead?
In
a long and distinguished career with the Sûreté
du Quebec, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has
learned to look for snakes in Eden. Gamache knows
something dark is lurking behind the white picket
fences, and if he watches closely enough, Three
Pines will begin to give up its secrets
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Still Life - US Edition
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Winner
of the New Blood Dagger in Britain and the Arthur
Ellis Award in Canada for best first crime novel.
As well as the Dilys award, for the book the Independent
Mystery Booksellers Association most enjoyed selling
in 2006. STILL LIFE was also named one of the
Kirkus Reviews Top Ten mysteries of 2006.
Runner-up
for the CWA Debut Dagger Award, 2004
'The Canadian Louise Penny was Very Highly
Commended for her entry STILL LIFE, which missed
taking the Debut Dagger by only a whisker.'
First
in a crime/mystery series featuring Chief Inspector
Armand Gamache
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Life - Germany
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