While broadcasting Louise Penny turned into a drunkard in view of their despondency and separation from her loved ones. “The Beautiful Mystery” by Louise Penny Excerpt.Publication Order of Inspector Gamache Short Stories/Novellas.Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Series By Louise Penny.It was also the first Louise Penny book that I've read. I did not figure out 'whodunit' until the end.
Penny's descriptive writing and character development make this book a page-turner. Still Life is the first novel in the Chief Inspector Gamache Series. What goes on here in this small village? What's happening in Jane's house that seems such a well-guarded secret? Who is Timmer, and how is her death connected to Jane and her painting? Most importantly, who killed Jane. Now that she's dead, Jane's niece Yolande Fontaine will not allow Gamache to go into Jane's house. What makes things even more curious to Gamache is that during Jane's lifetime, she never let anyone into her house beyond her kitchen. He also finds it curious that another of Jane's friends, Timmer, died just a few weeks earlier of cancer and that Fair Day was painted at the same time as Timmer's death. Gamache finds it odd that Jane has never shown her art to anyone before.
Jane's neighbor and best friend, Clara Morrow, informs Gamache that Jane entered a painting called Fair Day as her submission to a local art gallery opening just before she died.
Was it a hunting accident? After all, Three Pines is a popular spot for hunting.īen Hadley found the body according to him, Jane was well-liked and respected by everyone in the community. It seems that Jane was shot with a wooden arrow. He determines that Jane's demise came from the most unnatural cause. While reviewing the scene, Chief Inspector Gamache finds a small puncture wound in her chest. Jane Neal, a 76-year-old retired school teacher, has been found dead. When a body is discovered in the woods, Chief Inspector Gamache of the Surete du Quebec and his homicide team are called in to investigate. The story is set in the fictitious small Canadian village of Three Pines near Montreal. Still Life: (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1) by Louise Penny was published in 2005 by Macmillan Publishers.
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