Still Life (Penny novel)

Still Life
Still Life
First edition
AuthorLouise Penny
GenreMystery fiction
Published2005
PublisherSt. Martin's Paperbacks
Pages293
AwardsAnthony Award for Best First Novel (2007)
ISBN978-0-312-94855-9
Followed byA Fatal Grace 
WebsiteStill Life

Still Life is the debut novel written by Louise Penny and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks on 1 July 2005.[1][2] This novel won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel in 2007.[3] 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 television film called Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery in 2013.[4]

Plot

A body is found in the woods near a small town called Three Pines. Inspector Gamache and his homicide team are sent to investigate.

References

  1. ↑ "Still Life". Kirkus Reviews. No. 10. 15 May 2006. ISSN 1948-7428. ProQuest 917225243.
  2. ↑ "Still Life". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 253, no. 18. 1 May 2006. p. 40. ISSN 0000-0019. ProQuest 197087048.
  3. ↑ "Winners and Nominees 2000s". Bouchercon. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2017..
  4. ↑ Doyle, John (14 September 2013). "Still Life: Louise Penny drama easy on the eyes and the brain". The Globe and Mail. ProQuest 1432272519. Retrieved 3 July 2026.