Although the only use of its oddness is to limit the number of suspects. Maybe the nearest town is miles away.īow and arrow is pretty odd. Not sure why, when the hunting accident theory is being favoured, no-one suspects an out of town hunter, but that’s an acceptable choice, plot-wise. Jane was shot by an arrow, so one of the townsfolk who know how to shoot an arrow. Gamache is an introspective sort, interested in art and poetry. On the surface, this ticks a number of boxes for the classic mystery.Ī detective who stands apart from the crowd? So, given the prize-winning talent on display here – why did I have real trouble getting to the end of this mystery? I’ve seen a number of good reviews on the web for her work, so I decided it was time to pick up one of her books. Louise Penny is a multi-award winning writer for this series of eight books, four of which (I think) are set in the same town. He clearly suspects foul play but can he prove that it wasn’t an accident? And can he find the killer? Enter Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, homicide detective with the Sûreté du Quebec. The next day though, Jane is found dead in the snow, shot through the heart by a hunting arrow. One of them, Jane Neal, has, after a long life of painting, finally agreed to submit a work for a local art show, and it has, somewhat controversially, been accepted.

In the town of Three Pines, in the province of Quebec, a group of friends, most of them artists, are having a get-together.

Still life penny novel