Barnes & Noble Booksellers is an American bookseller. It is a Fortune 1000 company and the bookseller with the largest number of retail outlets in the United States. As of October 2023, the company operates 592 retail stores across all 50 U.S. states.
Louise Penny is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of francophone Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. Penny's first career was as a radio broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). After she turned to writing, she won numerous awards for her work, including the Agatha Award for best mystery novel of the year five times, including four consecutive years (2007–2010), and the Anthony Award for best novel of the year five times, including four consecutive years (2010–2013). Her novels have been published in 23 languages.
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is a 30 acre sculpture garden created by landscape architect and theorist Charles Jencks and his wife, Maggie Keswick Jencks, on Maggie's land and their home together, Portrack House, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Like much of Jencks' work, the garden is inspired by modern cosmology. His wife Maggie was very much a co-creator, if not the lead designer, and should not be left out of this description.
The Cruelest Month, by Louise Penny, is the third novel in the Three Pines Mysteries series, which feature Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, published in 2008.
A Fatal Grace, by Louise Penny, published in Canada as Dead Cold, is the second novel in the Three Pines Mysteries series, which feature Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, published in 2007.
Gamache is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is the main character in a series of mystery novels written by Canadian author Louise Penny. The series is set around the life of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of Sûreté du Québec, the provincial police force for Quebec. Books in the series have been nominated for and received numerous awards.
A Great Deliverance (ISBN 978-0-553-27802-6) is a book written by Elizabeth George and published by Bantam Books on 1 May 1988 which later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best First Novel in 1989.
Murder with Peacocks is a book written by Donna Andrews and published by Thomas Dunne Books in 1999, which later went on to win in the Anthony Award for Best First Novel in 2000.
Blood Hollow is a book written by William Kent Krueger and published by Atria Books, which later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best Novel in 2005.
Still Life is the debut novel written by Louise Penny and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks on 1 January 2005. This novel won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel in 2007. It is the first in a series of mystery novels featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and set in Quebec.
Starvation Lake is a book written by Bryan Gruley and published by Touchstone Books on 3 March 2009, which later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original and Nominee for Best First Novel in 2010.
A Bad Day for Sorry is a novel written by Sophie Littlefield and published by Minotaur Books on 4 August 2009, which later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best First Novel in 2010.
Expiration Date is a time travel crime novel by Duane Swierczynski published in 2010. It was published by Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press owned by Macmillan Publishers. The novel received the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original in 2011.
Bury Your Dead is a book written by Louise Penny and published by Minotaur Books on 28 September 2010. This novel won the Anthony Award for Best Novel in 2011. It is the sixth mystery novel featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and set in Quebec.
A Trick of the Light is a book written by Louise Penny and published by Minotaur Books on 30 August 2011. This novel won the Anthony Award for Best Novel in 2012. It is the seventh mystery novel featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and set in Quebec.
Three Pines is a mystery television series starring Alfred Molina based on the novel series by Louise Penny, centered on Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. It premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 2 December 2022 with four murder mysteries, each spanning two episodes. In March 2023, it was announced that the series would not receive a second season, remaining a miniseries.
State of Terror is a political-mystery novel written by former United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Canadian mystery novelist Louise Penny. A spin-off of Penny's Inspector Gamache series, the titular character appearing in a minor role, the book was released October 12, 2021, jointly published by Simon & Schuster and St. Martin's Press.
Gameknight999 is a series of children's novels written by Mark Cheverton, an author and engineer based in upstate New York, and published from 2013 to 2017. The series is unofficially based on Minecraft and set within its world. The second novel of the series was listed in the Publishers Weekly bestseller list in November 2014 and the New York Times children's series bestseller list in February 2015.
A World of Curiosities is Louise Penny's 18th novel in a series featuring the fictional character Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.
