Best Selling Books by Louise Penny

#1 New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author Louse Penny''s beloved Chief Inspector Armand Gamache mystery novels have received critical acclaim, won numerous awards, and have enthralled millions of readers. Featuring Chief Inspector of Homicide Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec, these extraordinary novels are here together for the first time in a fabulous ebook bundles. A Rule Against Murder Chief Inspector Gamache and his wife are celebrating their anniversary at the luxurious, isolated Manoir Bellechasse. But when a dead body turns up in the midst of a family reunion, Gamache learns that the lodge is a place where visitors come to escape their past, until that past catches up with them. The Brutal Telling A stranger is found murdered in Olivier''s Bistro in Three Pines, and Chief Inspector Gamache is dismayed to find Olivier''s story full of holes. Gamache follows a trail of clues into the woods and across the continent before returning to Three Pines to confront the truth and the final, brutal telling. Bury Your Dead It''s Winter Carnival in Quebec City, when Chief Inspector Gamache is called to investigate a dead body at the Literary and Historical Society. Meanwhile, Gamache is receiving disquieting letters from Three Pines, and as past and present collide, he must relive a terrible event from his own past before he can begin to bury his dead.

''A cracking storyteller, who can create fascinating characters, a twisty plot and wonderful surprise endings'' ANN CLEEVES ''One of the most interesting detectives in crime fiction'' THE TIMES There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache''s world of facts and feelings. The discovery of a dead body in the woods on Thanksgiving Weekend brings Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his colleagues to a place called Three Pines. Gamache cannot understand why anyone would want to deliberately kill well-loved artist Jane Neal, especially any of the residents of the village - a place so free from crime it doesn''t even have its own police force. But Gamache knows that evil is lurking somewhere behind the white picket fences and that, if he watches closely enough, Three Pines will start to give up its dark secrets... Millions of readers worldwide. One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache.

''One of the most interesting detectives in crime fiction'' THE TIMES ''Penny combines clever plotting with beautifully evocative descriptions'' DAILY EXPRESS There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache''s world of facts and feelings. Hardly a day goes by when nine-year-old Laurent Lepage doesn''t cry wolf. His boundless sense of adventure and vivid imagination mean he has a tendency to concoct stories so extraordinary and so far-fetched that no one can possibly believe him. But when Laurent disappears, former Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might have been true. So begins a frantic search for the boy and the truth. And what Gamache uncovers deep in the forest leads back to crimes of the past, betrayal and murder, with more sinister consequences than anyone could have possibly imagined . . . Millions of readers worldwide. One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache.

''Makes most of her competitors seem like wannabes'' THE TIMES There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache''s world of facts and feelings. One cold November day, a mysterious figure appears on the village green in Three Pines, causing unease, alarm and confusion among everyone who sees it. Chief Superintendent, Armand Gamache knows something is seriously wrong, but all he can do is watch and wait, hoping his worst fears are not realised. But when the figure disappears and a dead body is discovered, it falls to Gamache to investigate. In the early days of the murder inquiry, and months later, as the trial for the accused begins, Gamache must face the consequences of his decisions, and his actions, from which there is no going back . . . Ten million readers. Three pines. One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache. ''One of the greatest crime writers of our times'' DENISE MINA

Former Chief Inspector of Homicide, Armand Gamache, has found a peace he''d never imagined possible, away from the front line of the police and in the tranquil village of Three Pines. But when his friend Clara Morrow asks for help, he can''t bring himself to refuse her, despite the old wounds it threatens to re-open. Clara''s husband, Peter, is missing, having failed to come home on the first anniversary of their separation, as promised. As Gamache journeys further into Quebec, he is drawn deeper into the tortured mind of Peter Morrow, a man so desperate to recapture his fame as an artist that he would sell his soul. As Gamache gets closer to the truth, he uncovers a deadly trail of jealousy and deceit. Can Gamache bring Peter, and himself, home safely? Or in searching for answers, has he placed himself, and those closest to him, in terrible danger . . . From number one New York Times bestselling author, Louise Penny, comes an evocative, immersive novel brimming with atmosphere and heart-stopping suspense -- her most ingenious novel to date.

When security and fire alarms go off simultaneously all around the world, setting off a panic, the signal is traced back to China. As world leaders scramble to respond, Vivien and Alice Li are called to the White House in hopes Madame Li can decode the Chinese intentions. Caught up in the chaos, Vivien and Alice are uniquely placed to stop the next, cataclysmic attack. But there are forces deep within both the American and Chinese governments intent on stopping mother and daughter. The estranged pair, who excel at misunderstanding each other, must figure out how to work together. The increasingly frantic search for answers takes the women from the Oval Office to an office building in Akron, Ohio, from the noodle shops of Hong Kong to the necropolis of the first emperor. Along the way they must decode an old legend, and an old language invented by women, for women. The Last Mandarin is a compelling international thriller about the precarious balance of power across the world, and within a family. And what happens when both break down.

The next new mystery in Louise Penny’s #1 New York Times bestselling Three Pines mystery series featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.

"The 20th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series. Somewhere out there, in the darkness, a black wolf is feeding. Several weeks ago, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team uncovered and stopped a domestic terrorist attack in Montréal, arresting the person behind it. A man they called the Black Wolf. But their relief is short-lived. In a sickening turn of events, Gamache has realized that plot, as horrific as it was, was just the beginning. Perhaps even a deliberate misdirection. One he fell into. Something deeper and darker, more damaging, is planned. Did he in fact arrest the Black Wolf, or are they still out there? Armand is appalled to think his mistake has allowed their conspiracy to grow, to gather supporters. To spread lies, manufacture enemies, and feed hatred and division. Still recovering from wounds received in stopping the first attack, Armand is confined to the village of Three Pines, leading a covert investigation from there. He must be careful not to let the Black Wolf know he has recognized his mistake. In a quiet church basement, he and his senior agents Beauvoir and Lacoste, pore over what little evidence they have. Two notebooks. A few mysterious numbers on a tattered map of Québec. And a phrase repeated by the person they had called the Grey Wolf. A warning... In a dry and parched land where there is no water. Gamache and his small team of supporters realize that for the Black Wolf to have gotten this far, they must have powerful allies, in law enforcement, in industry, in organized crime, in the halls of government. From the apparent peace of his little village, Gamache finds himself playing a lethal game of cat and mouse with an invisible foe who is gathering forces and preparing to strike"--

When Chief Inspector Gamache arrives in picturesque Three Pines in Quebec, he finds a village in chaos. A man has been found bludgeoned to death, and there is no sign of a weapon, a motive or even the dead man''s name.

The 16th novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté 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 Sûreté, 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.

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec is called to investigate the death of a villager at an Easter séance that was held at the Old Hadley House.

As Quebec City shivers in the grip of winter, its ancient stone walls cracking in the cold, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache plunges into the most unusual case of his celebrated career. A man has been brutally murdered in one of the city s oldest buildings - a library where the English citizens of Quebec safeguard their history.

Un dimanche d''automne, le jour se lève sur le charmant village québécois de Three Pines, et les maisons reprennent vie peu à peu. Toutes, sauf une... La découverte dans la forêt du cadavre de Jane Neal bouleverse les habitants de la petite communauté. Qui pouvait bien souhaiter la mort de cette enseignante à la retraite, peintre à ses heures, qui a vu grandir tous les enfants du village et dirigeait l''association des femmes de l''église anglicane ? L''inspecteur-chef Armand Gamache, de la Sûreté du Québec, est dépêché sur les lieux. Il ne croit guère à un accident de chasse. Au cours de sa longue carrière au sein de l''escouade des homicides, il a appris à se méfier des apparences. Tandis que ses adjoints procèdent aux premiers interrogatoires, il s''abstrait du tumulte, s''assied sur un banc, dans le parc du village, s''imprègne des lieux et fait ce qu''il sait faire le mieux : il observe. Alors, lentement, à force d''attention, la perfection du tableau s''estompe. Des craquelures d''abord invisibles lézardent le vernis, l''oeil averti devine les retouches, les coupables repentirs, les inavouables repeints. Bientôt, la fresque idyllique livrera ses terribles secrets... Avec ce premier volet des enquêtes de l''inspecteur-chef Armand Gamache, Louise Penny a concocté un roman plein de charme, de subtilité et d''humour, dans la plus pure tradition des grands maîtres de la littérature policière.

"You''re a coward." Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache. 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 Sûreté du Québec 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 nearly 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, ça 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.