Louise Penny Set: The First Three Chief Inspector Gamache Novels -- Louise Penny

<p><b>This boxed set of the first three books--<i>Still Life</i>, <i>A Fatal Grace</i>, and <i>The Cruelest Month--</i>introduces not only the engaging series hero Inspector Gamache, who commands his forces--and this series--with integrity and quiet courage, but also the spectacular Louise Penny. <br></b><br>Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the S ret du Qu bec digs beneath the idyllic surface of village life in Three Pines, finding long buried secrets--and facing a few enemies of his own. <p/>A #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestseller and multiple award winner, Louise Penny writes with grace and intelligence (<i>New York Times Book Review</i>) and with her smart plot and fascinating, nuanced characters...proves that she is one of our finest writers (<i>People</i>). <p/> <b><i>Still Life</i></b><br>Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. Jane Neal, a local fixture in the tiny hamlet of Three Pines, just north of the U.S. border, has been found dead in the woods. The locals are certain it's a tragic hunting accident and nothing more, but Gamache smells something foul in these remote woods, and is soon certain that Jane Neal died at the hands of someone much more sinister than a careless bowhunter. <p/> <b><i>Fatal Grace</i></b><br> No one liked CC de Poitiers. Not her quiet husband, not her spineless lover, not her pathetic daughter--and certainly none of the residents of T