Books by Louise Penny

Louise Penny is a Canadian crime-fiction author, best known for her Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series set in Quebec. Her novels have been translated into over 23 languages, sold millions of copies worldwide, and repeatedly reached number 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list.

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Nature Of The Beast

Part of: Chief Inspector Gamache

Quebec

Mystery, Police Procedural

Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged…

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The long way home

Part of: Chief Inspector Gamache

Quebec

Mystery, Police Procedural

At first enjoying a peaceful retirement, former Quebec homicide detective Armand Gamache reluctantly agrees to help a neighbor…

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How the Light Gets In

Part of: Chief Inspector Gamache

Quebec

Mystery, Police Procedural

In Three Pines Chief Inspector Armand Gamache investigates the disappearance of a woman who was once one of the most famous…

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The Beautiful Mystery

Part of: Chief Inspector Gamache

Quebec

Mystery, Police Procedural

No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep in the wilderness of Quebec,…

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A trick of the light

Part of: Chief Inspector Gamache

Quebec

Mystery, Police Procedural

"Hearts are broken," Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book. "Sweet relationships are dead." But now Lillian herself…

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Bury Your Dead

Part of: Chief Inspector Gamache

Quebec

Mystery, Police Procedural

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is on break from duty in Three Pines to attend the famed Winter Carnival up north. He has…

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The Brutal Telling

Part of: Chief Inspector Gamache

Quebec

Mystery, Police Procedural

Chaos is coming, old son. With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. Everybody goes to Olivier's Bistro―including…

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A rule against murder

Part of: Chief Inspector Gamache

Quebec

Mystery, Police Procedural

t is the height of summer, and Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache are celebrating their wedding anniversary at Manoir Bellechasse,…

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The Cruellest Month

Part of: Chief Inspector Gamache

Quebec

Mystery, Police Procedural

It's Easter, and on a glorious Spring day in peaceful Three Pines, someone waits for night to fall. When Chief Inspector…

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A fatal grace

Part of: Chief Inspector Gamache

Quebec

Mystery, Police Procedural

No one liked CC de Poitiers. Not her quiet husband, not her spineless lover, not her pathetic daughter—and certainly none…

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Still life

Part of: Chief Inspector Gamache

Quebec

Detective Fiction, Mystery

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious…