A Trick of the Light: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel - Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

Marc Notes: Copyright date 2011.; Includes discussion questions and an excerpt from an upcoming novel, 'The beautiful mystery.; Investigating a murder at a solo artist's Quebec village home, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team encounter deceptive nuances in the art world that distort every clue they find with tales of duality and broken hearts."Biographical Note: LOUISE PENNY is "The""New York Times "and" Globe and Mail "bestselling author of the novels featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.""Her debut, "Still Life," won the John Creasey Dagger and the Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys Awards, and was named one of the five Mystery/Crime Novels of the Decade by "Deadly Pleasures" magazine. Penny was the first author ever to win the Agatha Award for Best Novel four times--for "A Fatal Grace, The Cruelest Month, ""The Brutal Telling ("which also received the Anthony Award for Best Novel), and "Bury Your Dead" (which also won the Dilys, Arthur Ellis, Anthony, Macavity, and Nero Awards). "A Trick of the Light "won the Anthony Award for Best Novel (her third win in a row and her fourth overall) and an Independent Literary Award and was named one of the Best Crime Novels of 2011 by "The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, " and "Publishers Weekly. "Louise lives with her husband, Michael, in a small village south of Montreal."Publisher Marketing: A "New York Times" Notable Crime Book for 2011 "Hearts are broken," Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book. "Sweet relationships are dead." But now Lillian herself is dead. Found among the bleeding hearts and lilacs of Clara Morrow's garden in Three Pines, shattering the celebrations of Clara's solo show at the famed Musee in Montreal. Chief Inspector Gamache, the head of homicide at the Surete du Quebec, is called to the tiny Quebec village and there he finds the art world gathered, and with it a world of shading and nuance, a world of shadow and light. Where nothing is as it seems. Behind every smile there lurks a sneer. Inside every sweet relationship there hides a broken heart. And even when facts are slowly exposed, it is no longer clear to Gamache and his team if what they've found is the truth, or simply a trick of the light. " Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 08/19/2012 pg. 24 (EAN 9781250007346, Paperback) People 09/19/2011 pg. 86 (EAN 9781410441072, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 10/31/2011 (EAN 9781427213204, Compact Disc) Audio File 12/01/2011 pg. 54 (EAN 9781427213204, Compact Disc) Booklist Editors Choice/Media 01/01/2012 pg. 16 (EAN 9781427213204, Compact Disc) Booklist 06/01/2011 pg. 44 (EAN 9780312655457, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 07/04/2011 (EAN 9780312655457, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 07/01/2011 pg. 62 (EAN 9780312655457, Hardcover) Romantic Times 09/01/2011 pg. 81 (EAN 9780312655457, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2011 (EAN 9780312655457, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 09/18/2011 pg. 34 (EAN 9780312655457, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/07/2011 pg. 26 (EAN 9780312655457, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 12/04/2011 pg. 50 (EAN 9780312655457, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2012 pg. 67 (EAN 9780312655457, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Penny, Louise LOUISE PENNY is the #1 "New York Times "and "Globe and Mail "bestselling author of ten Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. She has won numerous awards, including a CWA Dagger and the Agatha Award (five times) and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. She lives in a small village south of Montreal.