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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 Procedurals Suspense Thriller & Suspense

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This book is so well written. Captivating and entertaining. Amazing character knowledge which brought them to life.

Captivating Murder Mystery

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As mentioned by other reviewers, this is a fun, character-driven story in the vein of the British murder-mystery canon. Smart and a good listen, if you're into that sub-genre, which I am.

Warm British-style mystery

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I really enjoyed this book, despite a few errors in police procedure and terminology/explanation of bows and how they work.

Pretty good

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This is a classic whodunnit with a super sagacious detective, and a sleepy village full of suspects. Gamarhe is a great character. The narration is excellent.

Classic whodunnit

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An excellent book, wonderfully written characters that are amazingly thorough and realistic. it is one of my favorites of all time.

spectacular book, perfectly performance

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So glad to find the beginning of a great series. I'll be looking up more!

Loved it

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This was a good story, with interesting characters. The one thing that drove me nuts was that the narrator did not have a consistent voice for the main character (Inspector Gamash). He kept alternating back and forth through the whole book: sometimes the Inspector had a thick French accent, and sometimes he had a thick British accent. I found this very annoying. Otherwise I was happy with the book and the performance.

Good story - just one thing drove me crazy...

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I read this book first and then decided to listen to audio version several years later. While I actually enjoyed the story more the second time around, I did not enjoy the performance. I found the english/french versions of Gamache very distracting, irritating and unnecessary. I know Penny indicates that he speaks like a British royal in english, but I found the switch too jarring.

The story is wonderful. Penny has great storytelling ability. If you enjoy cozy mysteries then this series does not disappoint.

Better the second time around.

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I thoroughly enjoyed the depth of characters and lively descriptions in this small town mystery. I'm definitely looking for the next book💕

What a great Canadian mystery

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It took some time for me to get into it ,but it was entertaining crime novel. It moved on steadily enough and meeting the same characters in the second book was really lovely. The performance itself was great and easy to listen. Nice quick listen in between longer works giving this nostalgic small town murder investigation vibe without much core but plenty tea and croissants.

Lovely

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