Still Life | |
Author: | Louise Penny |
Genre: | Mystery fiction |
Published: | 2005 |
Publisher: | St. Martin's Paperbacks |
Isbn: | 978-0-312-94855-9 |
Pages: | 293 |
Followed By: | A Fatal Grace |
Awards: | Anthony Award for Best First Novel (2007) |
Still Life is the debut novel written by Louise Penny[1] [2] and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks[3] (an imprint of Macmillan Publishers,[4] owned by Holtzbrinck Publishing Group) on 1 January 2005. This novel won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel in 2007.[5] It is the first in a series of mystery novels featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and set in Quebec.
The story was adapted into a film called Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery in 2013.[6]
See main article: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. A body is found in the woods near a small town called Three Pines. Inspector Gamache and his homicide team are sent to investigate.