![]() ![]() 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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