![]() The mysteries stand alone, but fans love Penny for the way her stories operate on two planes: well-crafted procedurals on one level, the absorbing relational dramas of her characters on the other. Despite those disclaimers, this series unfolds best for the reader when they are read in order. I think Penny hits her stride with book 4. ![]() ![]() In books 2 and 3 the murders are kind of weird-not graphic, but weird. I quickly became enraptured with the Canadian inspector and his town of Three Pines, and the characters I’ve gotten to know (and worry about between installments!).įor those new to Inspector Gamache: book 1 is leisurely paced. I so thoroughly enjoyed burning through the series over the course of a summer, catching up to the then-latest installment, and a half dozen books was the perfect number of titles-satisfying, but not overwhelming. When I began reading the books, there were five or six mysteries published already. At the time, she had a devoted but smallish fan base these days her new releases are instant New York Times bestsellers. Her first book, Still Life, was published in 2005, but I didn’t begin reading the series myself until Penny had been writing for nearly a decade. ![]() I was hooked on the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series from the start. Many years ago, two Canadian readers-one a friend, one a blog reader-convinced me to give Louise Penny a try. ![]()
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