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Accidental re-read

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1 Still Life by Louise Penny

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A coworker suggested this book to me at work. For some horrific reason, Goodreads didn’t know that I already read it. I think it’s even possible that my coworker suggested it to me a few years ago, I read it, didn’t update Goodreads, and then she suggested it to me again, so I read it again. I’m sure everyone her can relate to this – I read so many books that I cannot personally keep track of which books I’ve read. That’s what Senor Goodreads […]

The Black Wolf by Louise Penny

The Black Wolf by Louise Penny

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And this is where I leave you. I just cannot with any more Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. It takes a while to me toss up my hands with authors I love and finally go, you know, it’s not me, it’s you. I gave up Dean Koontz, James Patterson, John Sandford, Kristin Hannah, Debbie Macomber, and this year got well and truly fed up with Joseph Delaney. And sometimes it is just the characters you get fed up with. You feel like you are on […]

Decent Mystery

A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny

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After wiping my emotional resources out with a book about the Native American genocide, I decided I needed a mystery to give myself a break from the emotional weight. Louise Penny’s A Rule Against Murder fit the bill. Quebec Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is celebrating his anniversary with his wife at a luxurious lodge edged by a lake deep in the forest. A family there is also having what appears to be an uncomfortable reunion. The Morrow matriarch is married to her second husband, and […]

The epitome of a mom mystery

Still Life by Louise Penny

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When deciding on a book for our January book club, we wanted to do an Agatha Christie adjacent cozy murder mystery and someone suggested Still Life by Louise Penny. The immediate reaction of many of us was to say “my mom loves this series!” or “my mom has read all of Louise Penny’s books!” Still Life is a murder mystery set in the small Canadian village of Three Pines. It follows Chief Inspector Gamache, a homicide detective who doesn’t see much homicide and his team […]

Ultimately Comforting and Hopeful

All the Devils are Here by Louise Penny

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This is the 16th Inspector Gamache mystery, and I’m honestly impressed with how consistent these books are. There’s been a couple that I didn’t care for much or had trouble getting into, but on the whole these books always work for me. All the Devils are Here was no different–in fact, I think it was one of my favorites thus far. Armand Gamache, his wife Reine-Marie, and his godfather Stephen are in Paris visiting Armand and Reine-Marie’s children and their families–including Jean-Guy Beauvoir, Armand’s former second in […]

Freeze Frame

Still Life (Armand Gamache #1) by Louise Penny

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Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is called out to the town of Three Pines, where artist and beloved local icon Jane Neal has been found dead. At first this appears to be a hunting accident; Neal has been shot with an arrow in the middle of the woods. But all is not what it appears, and soon Gamache is trying to decipher who, in this tight-knit and small community could’ve killed Neal. I’m not much of a fan of the whole cozy genre, and I didn’t […]



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