Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team investigate a suspicious death in a rural village near Montreal. Jane Neal, retired school teacher and amateur painter, has been found dead on a path in the woods during deer season. Gradually, Gamache deduces that this is not just a bow hunter careless act, but a murder. This leisurely paced, police procedural is intricately plotted; gradually village characters are reveal. One comes to know the investigators too.
Armand Gamache so reminded me of Georges Simenon's Jules Maigret as both have strong sense of place, pacing keeps one from drawing a wrong conclusion, both have a wife and other supporting characters that provide a more fully developed detective.
1st in the Inspector Armand Gamache mysteries series
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