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chickadee21 's review for:
Still Life
by Louise Penny
I've got pretty high standards when it comes to mysteries. I've read almost every [a:Agatha Christie|123715|Agatha Christie|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1321738793p2/123715.jpg], and I love the "Robert Galbraith" mysteries. Luckily, I can now add Louise Penny to my list of regular mystery authors.
The charm of "Still Life" is in the characters, especially the lead detective, Armand Gamache, and the lovely setting of Three Pines. The small-town atmosphere, and Penny's lovely descriptions, make the book a fun read (despite the sad murder hanging over the town). From descriptions of freshly baked goods to art to psychology, Penny writes beautiful and thoughtful prose. She is especially good at describing psychology and what drives people to do good or bad things.
The mystery is well done, though I did suspect the murderer from the beginning. So the murder mystery may not be quite up to the level of Christie's best - but Penny adds more to the setting and secondary characters than Christie ever did.
I look forward to reading the rest of Penny's Gamache mysteries!
The charm of "Still Life" is in the characters, especially the lead detective, Armand Gamache, and the lovely setting of Three Pines. The small-town atmosphere, and Penny's lovely descriptions, make the book a fun read (despite the sad murder hanging over the town). From descriptions of freshly baked goods to art to psychology, Penny writes beautiful and thoughtful prose. She is especially good at describing psychology and what drives people to do good or bad things.
The mystery is well done, though I did suspect the murderer from the beginning. So the murder mystery may not be quite up to the level of Christie's best - but Penny adds more to the setting and secondary characters than Christie ever did.
I look forward to reading the rest of Penny's Gamache mysteries!