“Life is choice. All day, everyday. Who we talk to, where we sit, what we say, how we say it. And our lives become defined by our choices. It's as simple and as complex as that. And as powerful. so when I'm observing that's what I'm watching for. The choices people make”
First book in the serie of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec. A gentleman inspector, sharp and observant, kind and firm. I really liked him as I loved the Canadian village where this crime story is set - Three Pines - and the various inhabitants, from the rude poetess to the gay bistro owners.
The crime itself develops in different ways throughout the book and I didn't guess the culprit till it was revealed.
A very good book and I will surely read the others in the serie (there are 13).
Overall rating: 7,5 Plot: 8 Writing style: 7 Cover: 6,5
Title: Still life
The Plot:
The discovery of a dead body in the woods on Thanksgiving Weekend brings Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his colleagues from the Surete du Quebec to a small village in the Eastern Townships. Gamache cannot understand why anyone would want to deliberately kill well-loved artist Jane Neal, especially any of the residents of Three Pines - a place so free from crime it doesn't even have its own police force. But Gamache knows that evil is lurking somewhere behind the white picket fences and that, if he watches closely enough, Three Pines will start to give up its dark secrets...
The Author:
From the author's website:
I live outside a small village south of Montreal, quite close to the American border. My husband Michael and I have long had dogs, all golden retrievers. Bonnie, Maggie, Seamus, Trudy and now Bishop. Some came as puppies, some were adopted as adults. All beloved.
Michael and I were together for 22 years and married for 20. He was the inspiration for Armand Gamache. Kindly, thoughtful, generous, a man of courage and integrity, who both loved and accepted love.
He developed dementia, and died peacefully at home in September 2016, surrounded by the love he'd put into the world for his 83 years.
So now it's Bishop and me. But we're far from alone. We have the village, and all our friends including My Assistant Lise, and the indomitable, happy spirit of Michael. And, of course, the company of Armand, Clara, Ruth, Gabri and Olivier et al.
I came to writing later in life. I was well into my 40's before STILL LIFE, the first Gamache novel, was published. I am deeply aware of how lucky I am to be writing, and published, and enjoying success. And believe me, I am enjoying it. It would be such a shame not to appreciate such a gift.Before being published I was a journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. But Michael's support allowed me to quit work to write.
I came to writing later in life. I was well into my 40's before STILL LIFE, the first Gamache novel, was published. I am deeply aware of how lucky I am to be writing, and published, and enjoying success. And believe me, I am enjoying it. It would be such a shame not to appreciate such a gift.Before being published I was a journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. But Michael's support allowed me to quit work to write.
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