Canadian mystery writer Louise Penny has now reached six installments of her Armand Gamache books. This year she won the Agatha Award three years in a row -- no other author has ever done that. Her books have been translated into other languages. She's a former Toronto CBC radio host; she now lives in Montreal and writes full-time. More details about her splendid work here:
www.louisepenny.com
None of her ebooks are available in Canada (hardcover, paperback, audiobooks, yes -- but not one ebook). That also means not one of her ebooks is in any Canadian library either.
Grrrrrrrrrrr!
Until now. Book two,
A Fatal Grace (also published as
Dead Cold) is finally available to Canadians in Kindle format. NONE of her books are available at Kobobooks yet.
Winter in Three Pines and the sleepy village is carpeted in snow. It's a time of peace and goodwill - until a scream pierces the biting air. There's been a murder.
Local police are baffled. A spectator at the annual Boxing Day curling match has been fatally electrocuted. Despite the large crowd, there are no witnesses and - apparently - no clues.
Called in to head the investigation, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache unravels the dead woman's past and discovers a history of secrets and enemies. But Gamache has enemies of his own. Frozen out of decision-making at the highest level of the Surete du Quebec, Gamache finds there are few he can trust. As a bitter wind blows into Three Pines, something even more chilling is sneaking up behind him...
Coming next month (September), her latest (book six):
Bury Your Dead.
Highly recommended!