Book 'em Sunday - Still Life

Today for our Sunday book, we are doing Still Life by Louise Penny.

I read a lot of mysteries. They are my genre of choice and I go through about 5 a week. Therefore I need to find new authors. I have been reading quite a few from Japan and Sweden. Which are fun because they have been translated and some of the sentences are quite funny when translated into English.

Canada authors are wonderful as well and Louise Penny is absolutely fabulous!

Still Life is her first novel and Wow! how proud she must be. The setting is in a rural village called Three Pines, just south of Montreal. There has been a suspicious death and Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is called in to investigate.

The writing is so engaging, you are drawn in right away. I actually felt that I wanted to move right away to this little village, even with murder happening there!

The characters are true to life, with flaws and faults. The plot is tightly woven and the descriptions are brought to life right before your very eyes.

There are three more (so far) in the series. A Fatal Grace, The Cruelest Month, and the newest, A Rule Against Murder. All of them are just wonderful.

I find that I read them in just one sitting. I have tried to budget my pages, but alas, it is not to be. I am engrossed in the writing and am finished before I know it. Always, slightly mad at myself that I just didn't slow down.

Hopefully, you will pick up one, or all, and enjoy them for yourself.