Bury Your Dead
A Rule Against Murder
The New York Times – Marilyn Stasio: Louise Penny applies her magic touch to A Rule Against Murder, giving the village mystery an elegance and depth not often seen in this traditional genre. Although Penny is no slouch at constructing a whodunit puzzle, her great skill is her ability to create a charming mise-en-scene and […]
The Brutal Telling
The New York Times – Marilyn Stasio: There's always a log fire burning and it's always story time in the charming mysteries Louise Penny sets in sleepy Three Pines?While constant readers may think they know all there is to know about its eccentric villagers, Penny is a great one for springing surprises.
A Fatal Grace
The New York Times – Marilyn Stasio: The cozy mystery, which aims to charm as much as challenge, has a graceful practitioner of that artful dodge in Louise Penny.
The Cruelest Month : a Three Pines Mystery
Susan Clifford Braun – Library Journal: The Quebecois village of Three Pines (first introduced in Still Lifeand Fatal Grace) is once again the scene of a perplexing murder, and Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team have caught the case. Madeleine Favreau, a cheerful and well-liked village resident, collapsed and died at an impromptu seance […]