Still Life
Chief Inspector Gamache, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Adam Sims
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Written by:
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Louise Penny
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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.
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- Jane Hartin
- 2019-09-19
Sign me up for more Gamache!
This is my first Louise Penny experience, and won't be the last! I'm looking forward to catching up with Gamache in Book 2.
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- Emily
- 2021-10-03
Great mystery series set in Canada.
I loved this first book in the series. The characters and setting feel familiar and the plot has twists!
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- Gail Payne
- 2023-02-02
Wonderful
I enjoyed it immensely, as I do, every Louise penny story. I look forward to the next one.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-02-05
It's her FIRST book
a little slow moving and it is difficult to keep all the characters straight. a little over the top....unnecessary detail s can be a bit much.
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- Maggie's Page
- 2021-04-06
I love your books and..... the warmth and anger...
I love your books, the stories and especially the characters that always lead to amazing finishes... ... 💕
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- PWL
- 2021-06-03
My first Louise Penny…
It certainly won’t be my last but I need to take a break from the narrator. The two things that bothered me about the narration were the fact the Inspector Gamache’s accent changed from British to Quebecois French, depending on whom he was speaking to. Was that intentional? I think it might have been but it still bothered me.
The second narration problem was the similarity between Ruth’s and Myrna’s voices; the main difference was in the unpleasant, grating voice used for Ruth.
That brings me to the only criticism I have, really, of Penny’s first novel: Ruth, to me, was so unpleasant that regardless of her talent and her longevity within the community, I can’t see her being as beloved as she was.
Other than that, her characters were believable.
Penny’s descriptions of The Eastern Townships in Autumn were beautiful and worth the price of admission!
And, I didn’t figure it out!!!
I’ll check to see if the same narrator reads the second in the Gamache series. If so, perhaps a little break is in order.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-01-15
Loved it
Loved the writing, performance. Pleasant surprise, I had not considered Louise Penny, glad I did.
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- Christina
- 2017-11-22
wonderful start to a well written series
Great writing, good performance, ocassional odd pace skip. An excellent beginning to an intriguing series that builds anticipation and depth.
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- Josee B
- 2023-11-03
could not stop listening
It was a really interesting story with well developed characters. Looking forward to the next one
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-10-27
Wonderful narration
Great story. I have to strongly disagree with some of the reviews because I think the narrator did a superb reading. Will definitely check out the next book in the series and look forward to Adam Sims’ presentation.
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