And, I'm going to break with my usual practice and nominate a second book. Again, a Canadian, but this time far more mainstream, and not from British Columbia, but from Quebec -- Louise Penny's first Chief Inspector Gamache/Three Pines mystery,
Still Life.
This book won just about every award for mystery writers, including New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, Anthony Award for Best First Novel, Barry Award for Best First Novel, Dilys Award, and Finalist 2010 Barry Award for Best Novel of the Decade. And, personally, I loved it.
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As the early morning mist clears on Thanksgiving Sunday, the homes of Three Pines come to life - all except one…
To locals, the village is a safe haven. So they are bewildered when a well-loved member of the community is found lying dead in the maple woods. Surely it was an accident - a hunter's arrow gone astray. Who could want Jane Neal dead?
In a long and distinguished career with the Sûreté du Quebec, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has learned to look for snakes in Eden. Gamache knows something dark is lurking behind the white picket fences, and if he watches closely enough, Three Pines will begin to give up its secrets…
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(Canada, 2005, 321 pp.)