A Fatal Grace

A Fatal Grace (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #2) by Louise Penny  311 pp.

I am late to the bandwagon of Inspector Gamache fans. So far I am enjoying them. In this episode Gamache returns to the small Quebec town of Three Pines to investigate the murder of CC de Poitiers, a recent arrival in Three Pines. CC is a woman no one, including her husband, her emotional abused daughter, and town residents liked.  Gamache is called on to investigate the murder, an electrocution which took place in front of most of the townfolk at the annual holiday curling tournament. In addition, he is investigating the death of a bag woman whose case was inexplicably moved into the cold cases sooner than it should have been. The investigation is hampered by the brutally cold Quebec winter. I figured out the killer long before the ending but it didn't stop my enjoyment of the story.

Glass Houses

Glass Houses by Louise Penny, 391 pages.

It's the end of the year and I don't find myself a fan of the Inspector Gamache series, so, there.

Still Life

Still Life by Louise Penny  312 pp.

This is the first of the Inspector Gamache mysteries. In a small Quebec town, a retired schoolteacher dies in the woods of an arrow wound. Gamache of the Surêté de Québec and his team are called in to investigate. Most belief the death was a hunting accident as it is bow season for deer. As more and more details are uncovered it seems that someone had planned a cunning murder made to look like an accident. Meanwhile Gamache also has to contend with a troublesome new addition to his team of investigators. It is a well written, with interesting characters, and a story that is not blood & guts gory. All in all a nice light read.