Author | Louise Penny |
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Genre | Mystery fiction |
Published | 2005 |
Publisher | St. Martin's Paperbacks |
Pages | 293 |
Awards | Anthony Award for Best First Novel (2007) |
ISBN | 978-0-312-94855-9 |
Followed by | A Fatal Grace |
Website | Still Life |
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]
A body is found in the woods near a small town called Three Pines. Inspector Gamache and his homicide team are sent to investigate.
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