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Chaos
is coming, old son.
With
those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered.
As families prepare to head back to the city and
children say goodbye to summer, a stranger is
found murdered in the village bistro and antiques
store. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and
his team are called in to strip back layers of
lies, exposing both treasures and rancid secrets
buried in the wilderness.
No one admits to knowing the murdered man, but
as secrets are revealed, chaos begins to close
in on the beloved bistro owner, Olivier. How did
he make such a spectacular success of his business?
What past did he leave behind and why has he buried
himself in this tiny village? And why does every
lead in the investigation find its way back to
him?
As
Olivier grows more frantic, a trail of clues and
treasures from first editions of Charlottes
Web and Jane Eyre to a spider web with the word
WOE woven in it lead the Chief Inspector
deep into the woods and across the continent in
search of the truth, and finally back to Three
Pines as the little village braces for the truth
and the final, brutal telling.
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The Brutal Telling
Canada / UK / Commonwealth

The Brutal Telling
US Edition
(New York Times Bestseller)
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Wealthy, cultured and respectable, the Finney
family is the epitome of gentility. When Irene
Finney and her four grown-up children arrive at
the Manoir Bellechasse in the heat of summer,
the hotel's staff spring into action. For the
children have come to this idyllic lakeside retreat
for a special occasion - a memorial has been organised
to pay tribute to their late father. But as the
heat wave gathers strength, it is not just the
statue of an old man that is unveiled. Old secrets
and bitter rivalries begin to surface, and the
morning after the ceremony, a body is found. The
family has another member to mourn.
A
guest at the hotel, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache
suddenly finds himself in the middle of a murder
enquiry. The hotel is full of possible suspects
- even the Manoir's staff have something to hide,
and it's clear that the victim had many enemies.
With its remote location, the lodge is a place
where visitors come to escape their pasts. Until
the past catches up with them...
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A Rule Against Murder
US Edition
(New York Times Bestseller)
The Murder Stone
UK/Canada
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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
US Edition

The
Cruellest Month
UK/Canada

The
Cruellest Month
Germany
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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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& endorsements section of the web site.
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Fatal Grace /Dead Cold
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Fatal Grace /Dead Cold
UK/Canada
A Fatal Grace /Dead Cold
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 - UK/Canada
Still
Life - Germany
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