Louise Penny

Gripping, complex and beautifully written, and featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Gamache, STILL LIFE is the first novel from number one New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny.

Gripping, complex and beautifully written, and featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Gamache, KINGDOM OF THE BLIND is the acclaimed novel from number one New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny.

Gripping, complex and beautifully written, and featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Gamache, THE NATURE OF THE BEAST is the acclaimed novel from number one New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny.

Gripping, complex and beautifully written, and featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Gamache, THE LONG WAY HOME is the acclaimed novel from number one New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny.

»Det är en njutning att läsa Louise Pennys böcker.« Lotta Olsson, DN »Fullkomligt lysande blandning av klassisk deckargåta och djuplodande psykolog.« New York Times »En makalös deckarserie som inte liknar någon annan.« AnnzahstoriesFöre detta kriminalkommissarie Armand Gamache är lyckligt pensionerad i den lilla byn Three Pines. Varma sommarmorgnar sitter han på en fridfull liten bänk och läser och småpratar med en av sina grannar, Clara Morrow. Men en morgon avbryter Clara honom i hans läsning och berättar att hennes exmake, konstnären Peter Morrow, inte kommit på besök som utlovat till årsdagen av deras separation. Hon vill att Gamache ska hjälpa henne hitta honom. Gamache läser klart en rad i sin bok - »Och himmelen har makt att bota varje syndsjuk själ« - och reser sig sedan upp och följer med Clara. Tillsammans med sin före detta kollega Jean-Guy Beauvoir, Clara och vännen Myrna Landers tar sig Gamache allt djupare in i Québec. Och allt djupare in i Peter Morrows själ - en man beredd att göra allt för att återfå sin berömmelse som konstnär. Resan tar dem till mynningen av St Lawrence-floden, ett område så ödsligt att de första sjömännen kallade det »landet Gud gav Kain«. Och här konfronteras de med den skada som kan orsakas av »en själ sjuk av synd«... I svensk översättning av Carla Wiberg. LOUISE PENNY är en kanadensisk deckarförfattare vars böcker sålt i över nio miljoner exemplar på trettio språk. Hennes deckarserie, som fått henne att kallas »en modern Agatha Christie«, utspelar sig i Québec i Kanada med kriminalinspektör Armand Gamache som huvudperson. Louise Penny har vunnit The Barry Award, The Agatha Award för Bästa kriminalroman (fyra år i rad!) och Anthony-priset sex gånger.» En väldigt spännande, underhållande och läsvärd roadtrip. Underbar läsning.« Kapprakt»Den långa vägen hem är mer än en spänningsroman, det är en filosofisk betraktelse över mänskliga tillkortakommanden.« Lottens bokblogg

Three Pines -dekkarisarjan neljännessä osassa Armand Gamache joutuu keskelle suljetun paikan mysteeriäLouise Pennyn suositun dekkarisarjan neljännessä osassa sukukokous päättyy kuolemaan. Bellechassen kartano Kanadan maaseudulla on vain lyhyen automatkan päässä Three Pinesista. Keskikesä on kuumimmillaan, ja äveriäs Finneyn suku on kokoontunut kartanoon kunnioittamaan edesmennyttä perheenpäätä. Lämpöaallon koetellessa kärsivällisyyttä suvun vanhat salaisuudet ja katkerat riidat nousevat päivänvaloon, ja sukukokouksen jälkeisenä aamuna Finneyt joutuvat suremaan jo toista menehtynyttä perheenjäsentä. Hääpäiväänsä kartanossa viettävä rikoskomisario Armand Gamache joutuu tahtomattaan keskelle murhatutkintaa. Syrjäinen Bellechasse on täynnä epäiltyjä, eikä kartanon henkilökuntakaan vaikuta täysin puhtoiselta. Kukaan ei saa poistua kartanosta ennen kuin julman rikoksen syyllinen on selvillä. Ja pian Gamache saa kokea, että peto on kaikkein vaarallisin nurkkaan ajettuna.

*** THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ***'Enthralling ... this is crime writing of the highest order' DAILY MAIL'A satisfying and multi-layered mystery' IRISH INDEPENDENT'Louise Penny is on peak form' THE TIMESWhen Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is asked to provide crowd control at a statistics lecture given at the University, he is dubious. Why ask the head of homicide to provide security for what sounds like a minor, even mundane lecture? But dangerous ideas about who deserves to live in order for society to thrive are rapidly gaining popularity, fuelled by the research of the eminent Professor Abigail Robinson. Yet for every person seduced by her theories there is another who is horrified by them. When a murder is committed days after the lecture, it's clear that within crowds can lie madness. To uncover the truth, Gamache must put his own feelings about the divisive Professor to one side. But with her ideas gaining ground, the line separating good and evil, right and wrong, is quickly blurring - especially when the case leads unexpectedly close to home ... PRAISE FOR LOUISE PENNY AND THE INSPECTOR GAMACHE SERIES:'Louise Penny is one of the greatest crime writers of our times' DENISE MINA'She makes most of her competitors seem like wannabes' THE TIMES'Louise Penny twists and turns the plot expertly tripping the reader up just at the moment you think you might have solved the mystery' DAILY EXPRESS'No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny.' ELLY GRIFFITHS'An absolute joy' IRISH TIMES

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's latest spellbinding novel, The Madness of Crowds. You're a coward. Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache. It starts innocently enough. While the residents of the Quebec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. He's asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university.. While he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the S ret du Qu bec would be assigned this task, it sounds easy enough. That is until Gamache starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson and discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture. They refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse Gamache of censorship and intellectual cowardice. Before long, Professor Robinson's views start seeping into conversations. Spreading and infecting. So that truth and fact, reality and delusion are so confused it's near impossible to tell them apart. Discussions become debates, debates become arguments, which turn into fights. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold. . Abigail Robinson promises that, if they follow her, tout va bien aller. All will be well. But not, Gamache and his team know, for everyone. When a murder is committed it falls to Armand Gamache, his second-in-command Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and their team to investigate the crime as well as this extraordinary popular delusion. And the madness of crowds.

Hvor lyset slipper ind er niende bog i Louise Pennys Armand Gamache-serie. Julen nærmer sig, og i Quebec er vejret tindrende smukt og lyset klart, mens venner samles og fejrer højtiden. Men hos politiinspektør Gamache falder skyggerne tungt. De fleste af hans dygtige opklarere har forladt drabsafdelingen, hans gamle ven og kollega Jean-Guy Beauvoir har ikke talt med ham i månedsvis, og kun få ting går hans vej i styrken. Så da Gamache modtager besked fra Myrna Landers i Three Pines om at en ventet julegæst er som sunket i jorden, byder han muligheden for en tur til den idylliske landsby velkommen. Det skal vise sig, at den ventede gæst ikke blot er endnu en bekendt af lokalsamfundet, men en tidligere verdensberømthed, som den excentriske digter Ruth Zardo stadig har tæt på sit hjerte. I den lille by Three Pines i Quebec, den fransktalende del af Canada, arbejder Armand Gamache som politiinspektør. På overfladen ånder alt fred og idyl, og byen er travlt beskæftiget med markedsdage, ishockeykonkurrencer, forårsfester og andre begivenheder, der skaber stemning og sammenhold i den smukke by. De unge bliver kærester og går fra hinanden igen, indbyggere fødes og dør, splid og forsoning får hånd i hånd, alt er som altid. Men under overfladen er sagen en ganske anden, og inspector Gamache går fra sag til sag, som kræver hans opmærksomhed. Louise Penny udgives her for første gang på dansk, men over det meste af verden er hun kendt som et krimifænomen med flere millioner solgte bøger. Hun er blevet kaldt Canadas Agatha Christie, og New York times har skrevet, at hun er "det eskapistiske mysteries mester". Der er femten titler i serien om inspector Gamache og hyggelige Three Pines, så i bedste Inspector Morse-stil er der mere, hvor det kommer fra, når først læseren er hooked på Penny. Louise Penny er en af Canadas kendteste forfattere. Hun bor tæt på Montreal med sine hunde. Hendes mand Michael var inspirationen bag inspector Gamache, fortæller Penny: venlig, betænksom, generøs, en mand med mod og integritet. Louise Penny har modtaget et hav af priser for serien, som er kendt og elsket i næsten hele verden og er oversat til 30 sprog.

Den lange vej hjem er tiende bog i Louise Pennys Armand Gamache-serie. Nu tidligere politiinspektør Armand Gamache har fundet en ro han aldrig havde troet var mulig i Three Pines. Men da hans ven Clara Morrow beder om hjælp kan han ikke få sig selv til at sige nej, selvom gamle sorger ligger på lur. Claras mand Peter er forsvundet, og mistanken stiger hurtigt i Three Pines. På sin søgen efter Peter Morrow finder Gamache en plaget mand, desperat efter at genvinde tidligere tiders kunstnerisk storhed. Mens han nærmer sig sandheden, hvirvles en dødelig sti af jalousi og svigt op. Kan Gamache skaffe både sig selv og Peter sikkert hjem, eller har han bragt alle i fare på jagten efter gådens løsning? I den lille by Three Pines i Quebec, den fransktalende del af Canada, arbejder Armand Gamache som politiinspektør. På overfladen ånder alt fred og idyl, og byen er travlt beskæftiget med markedsdage, ishockeykonkurrencer, forårsfester og andre begivenheder, der skaber stemning og sammenhold i den smukke by. De unge bliver kærester og går fra hinanden igen, indbyggere fødes og dør, splid og forsoning får hånd i hånd, alt er som altid. Men under overfladen er sagen en ganske anden, og inspector Gamache går fra sag til sag, som kræver hans opmærksomhed. Louise Penny udgives her for første gang på dansk, men over det meste af verden er hun kendt som et krimifænomen med flere millioner solgte bøger. Hun er blevet kaldt Canadas Agatha Christie, og New York times har skrevet, at hun er "det eskapistiske mysteries mester". Der er femten titler i serien om inspector Gamache og hyggelige Three Pines, så i bedste Inspector Morse-stil er der mere, hvor det kommer fra, når først læseren er hooked på Penny. Louise Penny er en af Canadas kendteste forfattere. Hun bor tæt på Montreal med sine hunde. Hendes mand Michael var inspirationen bag inspector Gamache, fortæller Penny: venlig, betænksom, generøs, en mand med mod og integritet. Louise Penny har modtaget et hav af priser for serien, som er kendt og elsket i næsten hele verden og er oversat til 30 sprog.

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PARADE MAGAZINE - ONE OF FALL'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS AARP'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF FALL CRIMEREADS - ONE OF THE BEST TRADITIONAL MYSTERIES OF THE YEAR GLOBE AND MAIL - TOP 100 BOOKS OF THE YEAR CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR - ONE OF THE BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR KIRKUS REVIEWS - ONE OF THE BEST MYSTERIES/THRILLERS OF THE YEAR LIBRARY JOURNAL - ONE OF THE BEST CRIME FICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR All the Devils Are Here, the 16th novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the S ret du Quebec investigating a sinister plot in the City of Light On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather as a family for a bistro dinner with Armand's godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. Walking home together after the meal, they watch in horror as Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Gamache knows is no accident, but a deliberate attempt on the elderly man's life. When a strange key is found in Stephen's possession it sends Armand, his wife Reine-Marie, and his former second-in-command at the S ret , Jean-Guy Beauvoir, from the top of the Tour d'Eiffel, to the bowels of the Paris Archives, from luxury hotels to odd, coded, works of art. It sends them deep into the secrets Armand's godfather has kept for decades. A gruesome discovery in Stephen's Paris apartment makes it clear the secrets are more rancid, the danger far greater and more imminent, than they realized. Soon the whole family is caught up in a web of lies and deceit. In order to find the truth, Gamache will have to decide whether he can trust his friends, his colleagues, his instincts, his own past. His own family. For even the City of Light casts long shadows. And in that darkness devils hide.

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERPARADE MAGAZINE - ONE OF FALL'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKSAARP'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF FALLCRIMEREADS - ONE OF THE BEST TRADITIONAL MYSTERIES OF THE YEAR GLOBE AND MAIL - TOP 100 BOOKS OF THE YEARCHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR - ONE OF THE BEST NOVELS OF THE YEARKIRKUS REVIEWS - ONE OF THE BEST MYSTERIES/THRILLERS OF THE YEARLIBRARY JOURNAL - ONE OF THE BEST CRIME FICTION BOOKS OF THE YEARAll the Devils Are Here, the 16th novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the S ret du Quebec investigating a sinister plot in the City of Light On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather as a family for a bistro dinner with Armand's godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. Walking home together after the meal, they watch in horror as Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Gamache knows is no accident, but a deliberate attempt on the elderly man's life. When a strange key is found in Stephen's possession it sends Armand, his wife Reine-Marie, and his former second-in-command at the S ret , Jean-Guy Beauvoir, from the top of the Tour d'Eiffel, to the bowels of the Paris Archives, from luxury hotels to odd, coded, works of art. It sends them deep into the secrets Armand's godfather has kept for decades. A gruesome discovery in Stephen's Paris apartment makes it clear the secrets are more rancid, the danger far greater and more imminent, than they realized. Soon the whole family is caught up in a web of lies and deceit. In order to find the truth, Gamache will have to decide whether he can trust his friends, his colleagues, his instincts, his own past. His own family. For even the City of Light casts long shadows. And in that darkness devils hide.

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERPARADE MAGAZINE - ONE OF FALL'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKSAARP'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF FALLCRIMEREADS - ONE OF THE BEST TRADITIONAL MYSTERIES OF THE YEAR GLOBE AND MAIL - TOP 100 BOOKS OF THE YEARCHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR - ONE OF THE BEST NOVELS OF THE YEARKIRKUS REVIEWS - ONE OF THE BEST MYSTERIES/THRILLERS OF THE YEARLIBRARY JOURNAL - ONE OF THE BEST CRIME FICTION BOOKS OF THE YEARAll the Devils Are Here, the 16th novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the S ret du Quebec investigating a sinister plot in the City of Light On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather as a family for a bistro dinner with Armand's godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. Walking home together after the meal, they watch in horror as Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Gamache knows is no accident, but a deliberate attempt on the elderly man's life. When a strange key is found in Stephen's possession it sends Armand, his wife Reine-Marie, and his former second-in-command at the S ret , Jean-Guy Beauvoir, from the top of the Tour d'Eiffel, to the bowels of the Paris Archives, from luxury hotels to odd, coded, works of art. It sends them deep into the secrets Armand's godfather has kept for decades. A gruesome discovery in Stephen's Paris apartment makes it clear the secrets are more rancid, the danger far greater and more imminent, than they realized. Soon the whole family is caught up in a web of lies and deceit. In order to find the truth, Gamache will have to decide whether he can trust his friends, his colleagues, his instincts, his own past. His own family. For even the City of Light casts long shadows. And in that darkness devils hide.