A Fatal Grace: An Armand Gamache
Mystery (Three Pines Mysteries) by
Louise Penny
Intriguing Second Novel
No one liked CC de Poitiers. Not her quiet, ineffectual husband. Not the
pallid, spineless photographer shed been cheating on him with. Not even
her tremendously fat, silent eleven-year-old daughter Crie, dubbed Brie by
her hateful classmates. And certainly none of the residents of Three Pines,
a tiny village south of Montreal, each of whom CC had recently managed
to offend with one callous and insensitive act or another. And therein
lies the challenge for the brilliant inspector Armand Gamache of the
Sûreté du Quebec, called once again from his headquarters in Montreal
to investigate murder in this breathtaking hamlet. CC has been literally
cooked alive in an apparent electrical accident on a local frozen lake, and
everyone in town has a motive, even the inspectors good friends. The kind,
compassionate, and whip-smart detective must employ all his talents, not

least his ability to blend seamlessly into small-town life, to identify the
calculating killer lurking within the pastoral landscape that is Three Pines.
Personal Review: A Fatal Grace: An Armand Gamache Mystery
(Three Pines Mysteries) by Louise Penny
When I read Louise Penny's first novel, "Still Life", I was hooked and
looked forward to reading her other books. "A Fatal Grace" is a welcome
return to the lovely village of Three Pines in Quebec. The friends from the
first book are back and so is Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. In the first
book the murder victim is a well-loved member of the group, but in this
book the woman who dies is universally reviled by others in the village.
The suspects are numerous but, in spite of the fact that I figured out the
killer's identity, the author takes the reader through a delightful series of
red herrings before settling on the true murderer.
Louise Penny creates delightful characters. Some are pleasant and some
are not, but often they seem to have a deeply artistic and philosophical
nature. The main core of characters are great friends, and they put up with
a variety of odd characteritics in one another. Inspector Gamache is a
student of human behavior and he uses not only hard evidence, but
psychological profiles as well to solve his cases. This series of books will
satisfy those who love a good mystery and good writing.
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