Still Life by Louise Penny

 genre: mystery

When chief inspector Armand Gamache arrives in Three Pines, Quebec, all he knows is that a murder has shattered the peace and quiet of this tiny rural town. The elderly woman found in the forest was a friend to everyone- who would have a reason to kill her? It’s up to Gamache and his team to tease out the secrets that hide behind the picturesque windows in Three Pines.

I have never read any books by this author, but I have heard a lot about her and was looking for a cozy mystery for this fall. While I do not think this was a particularly well written book, the plot did really keep me going, and I found myself invested in what was going to happen. A couple of the characters were particularly obnoxious and I didn’t like that there were unresolved threads at the end from Gamache’s perspective but maybe that’s because the author knew that there would be many more books to come. I liked Three Pines, it’s exactly the sort of HallmarK Movie Small Town you would want to spend time in while investigating a murder. Three stars die making me always want to pick it up when it was time to walk on the treadmill.