Despite being about murder, the book is infused with a sense of kindness and a faith in humanity that is quite refreshing and even healing. You get the usual good twists, turns and red herrings of a proper mystery, and along the way you get to know the inhabitants of the town so well you will be tempted to find the place, check into the B&B, and spend a few days enjoying the apple cider, licorice pipes, and fall colors. When a local artist is found dead on a deer trail, pierced through the chest by a hunting arrow, Gamache and his homicide team are dispatched from Montreal to solve the case. The setting is Three Pines, a small Quebecois village near the U.S. As Chief Inspector Gamache puts it at one point in the book (paraphrasing): "It was a town full of lovely people. Still Life certainty falls within that framework, but what makes it stand out is its strong sense of place (Quebec), third person omniscient narration (we know what most of the characters are thinking most of the time) and its lovingly crafted portraits of life in a small town.Īll of Penny's characters are sympathetic, or at least understandable, even the most unlikable. With his intelligence and wits, Reacher gets to the bottom of things in Margrave, Georgia.It's been so long since I've read a mystery of the "cozy" variety I'm not sure the sub-genre is even called that anymore? At any rate, I usually think of cozies as gentler in spirit than the rock 'em, sock 'em hardboiled noir mysteries, often set a small town or rural setting, with little to no violence on stage, and most of the plot centering on the puzzle of whodunnit. But all of a sudden, he's caught up in a deadly scheme involving crooked cops, dubious businesses, and cunning politicians when he is mistakenly accused of a murder he did not commit. Reacher is a nomad and former military policeman who faces off against deadly criminals while on the road. Reacher: Developed by Nick Santora for Amazon Prime Video, Reacher is a US action/crime series featuring Alan Ritchson playing the titular role in the series, which is based on the Jack Reacher series of novels by Lee Child. However, Reece realizes that the evil forces are just getting started with him, and he must take whatever action is necessary to protect his life and the lives of those who matter to him. Pratt returns to his family while still troubled by his previous mission and struggling with guilt. Commander James Reece, as he returns from a failed covert mission where his entire platoon of Navy SEALs was ambushed.
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