A Fatal Grace: The second Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery, soon to be a major TV series starring Alfred Molina!
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‘Louise Penny’s writing is intricate, beautiful and compelling’ PETER JAMES
There is more to solving a crime than following the clues.
Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache’s world of facts and feelings.
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.
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache discovers a history of secrets and enemies in the dead woman’s past. But he has enemies of his own, and as he is frozen out of decision-making in the Surete du Quebec, he has to decide who he can trust…
Ten million readers.
Three pines.
One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache.
‘Penny is a joy’ IRISH TIMES
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Additional information
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton (7 April 2011) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 4451 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 412 pages |
by SusannahB
In Louise Penny’s second Chief Inspector Gamache novel, we are back in Three Pines where we meet CC de Poitiers, a so-called lifestyle guru and a very embittered woman, who constantly belittles her husband and is especially cruel to her overweight teenage daughter, Crie. CC is also having an affair with photographer Saul Petrov, not because she is in love with him but because he’s a very good photographer and she wants him to promote her business, and Saul knows she is using him and dislikes her intensely for it. In fact in one way or another, CC has deeply upset many of the inhabitants of the small Canadian village of Three Pines, so when she is murdered during the Boxing Day curling match, no one seems particularly sorry and several people appear to have a very good motive for wishing to see the back of her. Enter Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, a plump middle-aged detective from the Sûreté du Quebec, who initially finds it difficult to work out how CC was murdered when she was surrounded by fellow villagers. However, with patience, perseverance and his insight into human nature, Armand Gamache is soon on the trail of the killer…
Although Louise Penny’s novels feature some rather nasty murders, I would classify her Inspector Gamache murder mysteries as cosy crime, especially as there are some lovely descriptions of situation and setting and some wonderful descriptions of food(!) I’d also like to add that Armand Gamache is a nice change from the usual run of police detectives in that he has a very happy marriage and, apart from enjoying his food a little too much, has no apparent vices. As commented in my review for the first Three Pines story, if you are looking for a gritty crime novel, this isn’t it – but, if you enjoy, for example, Agatha Christie or Ellie Griffiths, then this should fit the bill for you. I preferred this story to the first DCI Gamache book (where I guessed the identity of the murderer) but I was wrong-footed more than once with this particular story and, therefore, enjoyed it all the more. I’m now looking forward to the third book in the series: ‘The Cruellest Month’.
4 Stars.
by Kindle Customer
I just love these books….
Wonderfully written and keep you wanting more…great characters that you feel you know..
Just downloading the next one. ????
by john p sullivan
As the mystery unfolds and evolves so do the characters; those from 3 Pines and also those there to uncover murder.
by GRB
I highly recommend reading this particular Louise Penny novel.
by Taff
I struggled to really get into this book, seemed a long time introducing the characters before the story got going. I persevered and enjoyed the story from about a third of the way into the book. Will try the next in the series and give it another chance.
by Mrs. Diane M. Hellyer
I haven’t read this series in order, in fact, having watched the Three Pines tv programmes, l began reading at book 18!
I the began at 1 and missed out 2 as the story was fresh in my mind from, watching it. But, when l returned to read it, l discovered what a foul mouthed bunch of folk lived in Three Pines and l wondered whether to keep on reading.
If you’ve watched the TV series, you’ll know it’s loosely based on books 1-4 and is highly embellished with a side story of indigenous folk, who don’t appear in the books.
So, to sum up, this is not a book l would recommend, unless you like foul-mouthed characters.
by arctophile
The Gamache books are a really great read. Once i started i didn’t want to stop but did want to get to the end! I’ve read the first 3 books and twill read the others. Gamache is such a sympathetic character.
by A Parrish
Heading meaning Three Pines reminds me of the movie Fargo, the people you met but this place Three Pines is so warm and inviting you don’t want to leave, or put your book down as you wrap yourself up in the investigation with Chief Inspector Gamache.