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The cruelest month (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #3)
By Louise Penny. 2008
Popular Three Pines resident Madeleine Favreau dies of fright while attending a séance at the old Hadley house. Chief Inspector…
Armand Gamache learns that a dose of diet pills played a part in the death--but Madeleine wasn't dieting. Meanwhile Armand deals with trouble in his ranks. Some strong language. Agatha Award. 2007.Bury your dead (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #6)
By Louise Penny. 2010
Chief Inspector Gamache, on leave in Quebec City, helps investigate the murder of an archaeologist who was searching for the…
remains of Samuel de Champlain. Meanwhile Gamache sends his colleague Jean-Guy Beauvoir to Three Pines to revisit the case described in The Brutal Telling. Some strong language. 2010.Still life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1)
By Louise Penny. 2010
Shortly after elderly Jane Neal finally agrees to participate in the art show to be held in her small village…
outside of Montreal, she is killed by an arrow through the heart. As Chief Inspector Gamache investigates, he wonders if her unusual artwork provides a clue to her murder. 2005.A rule against murder (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #4)
By Louise Penny. 2009
Armand Gamache, chief inspector of Quebec homicide, and his wife Reine-Marie vacation at an inn outside of Montreal. When a…
member of the Morrow family, attending a reunion at the same inn, is murdered, Gamache investigates and uncovers secrets among the staff and guests. Some strong language. 2008.The nature of the beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #11)
By Louise Penny. 2015
Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to winged beasts…
in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache, who now live in the little Quebec village. But when the boy disappears, the villagers are faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might have been true. And so begins a frantic search for the boy and the truth. What they uncover deep in the forest sets off a sequence of events that leads to murder, leads to an old crime, leads to an old betrayal. Leads right to the door of an old poet. “And now it is now”, writes Ruth Zardo. “And the dark thing is here.” Sequel to "The long way home". Bestseller. 2015.A fatal grace (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #2)
By Louise Penny. 2011
Quebec. Much-disliked businesswoman and writer CC de Poitiers is electrocuted in the middle of a frozen lake during a curling…
tournament in the village of Three Pines. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, from Still Life, arrives from Montreal and discovers links to another unsolved crime. Some strong language. 2006.Still life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1)
By Louise Penny. 2008
Shortly after elderly Jane Neal finally agrees to participate in the art show to be held in her small village…
outside of Montreal, she is killed by an arrow through the heart. As Chief Inspector Gamache investigates, he wonders if her unusual artwork provides a clue to her murder. 2006The beautiful mystery (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #8)
By Louise Penny. 2012
No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep in the wilderness of Quebec, where two dozen…
cloistered monks grow vegetables, make chocolate, and sing. But when the renowned choir director is murdered, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Sûreté du Québec must enter, to discover disquiet beneath the silence and discord in the apparent harmony. As the peace of the monastery crumbles, Gamache is forced to confront some of his own demons, as well as those roaming the remote corridors. 2012.A trick of the light (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #7)
By Louise Penny. 2011
Lillian Dyson is found dead among the bleeding hearts and lilacs of Clara Morrow’s garden in Three Pines, shattering the…
celebrations of Clara’s solo show at the famed Musée in Montreal. Chief Inspector Gamache, the head of homicide at the Sûreté du Québec, is called to the tiny Quebec village to find the art world gathered, a world of shading and nuance, of shadow and light, where nothing is as it seems. Even when facts are slowly exposed, it is no longer clear to Gamache and his team if what they’ve found is the truth, or simply a trick of the light. Some descriptions of violence, strong language. 2011.Kingdom of the blind (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #14)
By Louise Penny. 2018
A stranger names Armand Gamache as an executor of her will. The terms are so odd that Gamache suspects the…
woman was delusional. When a body is found, the will suddenly seems more menacing than peculiar. Meanwhile, Gamache tries to stop missing opioids from hitting the streets. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2018The nature of the beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #11)
By Louise Penny. 2015
Nine-year-old Laurent Lepage, who is prone to telling tall tales about things he finds in the woods surrounding Three Pines,…
is found murdered. What discovery had he tried to share that they all, especially the retired head of homicide, Armand Gamache, ignored? Some violence and some strong language. 2015.A trick of the light (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #7)
By Louise Penny. 2011
Lillian Dyson is found dead among the bleeding hearts and lilacs of Clara Morrow’s garden in Three Pines, shattering the…
celebrations of Clara’s solo show at the famed Musée in Montreal. Chief Inspector Gamache, the head of homicide at the Sûreté du Québec, is called to the tiny Quebec village to find the art world gathered, a world of shading and nuance, of shadow and light, where nothing is as it seems. Even when facts are slowly exposed, it is no longer clear to Gamache and his team if what they’ve found is the truth, or simply a trick of the light. 2011.The beautiful mystery (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #8)
By Louise Penny. 2012
When a peaceful monastery in Quebec is shattered by the murder of their renowned choir director, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache…
and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Surete du Quebec are challenged to find the killer in a cloistered community that has taken a vow of silence. 2012.Révélation brutale (Armand Gamache enquête. #5.)
By Louise Penny, Louise Chabalier, Claire Chabalier. 2012
L'été s'achève et la nature réserve aux habitants de Three Pines un dernier éclat terrifiant. Un mort est découvert dans…
l'endroit le plus vivant du village : le bistro d'Olivier. De prime abord, personne n'admet connaître le vieil ermite assassiné. Armand Gamache et son équipe reviennent dans les Cantons-de-l'Est pour sonder les strates de mensonges et de non-dits que dissimule le vernis idyllique des lieux. Des sentiers oubliés les conduisent au fond des bois, là où se cachent des secrets et des trésors honteux. Le chaos s'est infiltré dans cette beauté sauvage et ce qui attend l'inspecteur-chef n'est rien de moins qu'une révélation brutale. 2012. Titre uniforme: The brutal telling.Le mois le plus cruel (Armand Gamache enquête.)
By Louise Penny, Michel Saint-Germain, Louise Chabalier. 2011
Durant le week-end de Pâques, le village de Three Pines s'anime le temps d'une grande chasse aux œufs. Lorsqu'une étrangère…
ayant le don de communiquer avec les esprits sinstalle au gîte d'Olivier, sa présence éveille la curiosité. Une soirée de spiritisme est organisée dans la vieille maison abandonnée des Hadley. La séance destinée à libérer la demeure du mal qu'elle recèle est tragiquement interrompue par la mort d'une participante. Morte de peur, vraiment ? C'est ce qu'Armand Gamache, l'inspecteur-chef de la Sûreté du Québec, va devoir découvrir en revenant dans les Cantons-de-l'Est avec son équipe. Alors que le printemps explose de vie, le mal, lui, reste tapi dans l'ombre et Gamache le sait mieux que quiconque. 2011. Titre uniforme: The cruellest month.Sous la glace (Armand Gamache enquête.)
By Louise Penny, Michel Saint-Germain. 2011
L'hiver a enveloppé de neige le village endormi de Three Pines. Le temps des fêtes appelle à la paix et…
aux bons sentiments, jusqu'à ce qu'un cri déchire l'air glacé. Un meurtre a été commis : une spectatrice de la traditionnelle partie de curling a été électrocutée sous les yeux de tous, au beau milieu d'un lac gelé. Pour diriger l'enquête, l'inspecteur-chef Armand Gamache revient dans la charmante communauté anglophone. Avec minutie, il dévoile le passé de la victime et découvre un écheveau de secrets et de rivalités. Gamache a cependant ses propres ennemis au sein de la Sûreté du Québec ; il sait qu'il ne peut se fier à personne. Tandis qu'un vent mordant souffle sur Three Pines, une menace plus glaçante encore plane sur lui. 2011. Titre uniforme: Dead cold.En plein coeur: Armand Gamache Enquête (Armand Gamache enquête.)
By Louise Penny, Michel Saint-Germain. 2010
Three Pines, dans les Cantons-de-l'Est, est un petit coin de paradis. Un matin, durantle week-end de l'Action de grâce, Jane…
Neal est trouvée morte dans les bois, le cour transpercé. Le réveil est brutal pour cette communauté tranquille, car ce qui pourrait n'être qu'un bête accident de chasse laisse perplexe Armand Gamache, l'inspecteur-chef de la Sûreté du Québec dépêché sur les lieux. Qui pourrait bien souhaiter la mort de Jane Neal, cette enseignante à la retraite, artiste à ses heures, qui a vu grandir tous les enfants du village et qui dirigeait l'association des femmes de l'église anglicane ? En détective intuitif et expérimenté, Armand Gamache se doute qu'un serpent se cache au cour de l'éden, un être dont les zones d'ombre sont si troubles qu'il doit se résoudre au meurtre. Mais qui ? 2010. Titre uniforme: Still life.