We are in the midst of a "polar vortex" currently so I could relate to the author's description of the brutal winter weather. Three Pines ' Amplifies Indigenous Voices in Cinematic First Season Louise Penny Fans Will Love: TV Review". I love the small village vibes, I love a lot of the characters there, the main Inspector and the French Canadian bits made me feel at home. No one seems to have sympathy and is happy to see her gone but Gamache and his team are dispatched nonetheless to find the murderer. Whether or not a character is good or bad is shown by whether they adore Gamache for his goodness, like Beauvoir, or dislike and distrust it, like Nichols.

There are portions of this book that are so beautifully written they stick with the reader for months. There is no shortage of potential suspects and the murder of a homeless woman in Montreal appears to have ties to both CC and Three Pines.

Who could have been insane enough to try such a macabre method of murder—or brilliant enough to succeed? There’s a lot of references to film and literature, so it’s a literary mystery; Gamache watches The Lion in Winter--there’s a Richard Lion in the story--we reference Eleanor of Aquitane, and Leonard Cohen!

A Fatal Grace is the second Chief Inspector Armand Gamache mystery set in the stunning countryside of Quebec.Highly recommend if you're in the mood for a fast easy-to-read crime-mystery with well-developed recurring characters (each with their own secrets) that you get to know better with each installment.