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QED

(2,980 posts)
Mon May 27, 2024, 10:00 AM May 2024

Any readers of the Chief Inspector Gamache series by Louis Penny?

I'm 2/3 of the way through the 17th in the series and I just don't want it to end. Three Pines feels like a town I want to live in and the characters would be my friends. I hadn't read a book in this series for few months and when I started this one it just felt so comfortable.

If you want to look at this series, please, start with the first, Still Life, and read them in order.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074CC3VR3?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_m_mng_rwt_sft_tpbk_tkin

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yorkster

(2,523 posts)
1. Wonderful series. Read most of them.
Mon May 27, 2024, 10:09 AM
May 2024

Always felt as though Inspector Gamache was a real person.

ratchiweenie

(7,950 posts)
3. Have read most of them and they are so good. She writes so well Three Pines seems like a real place!!
Mon May 27, 2024, 10:14 AM
May 2024

WVreaper

(649 posts)
4. Also on Audible
Mon May 27, 2024, 10:14 AM
May 2024

When my wife and I travel we like to listen to audio books. We are not very Sirius and searching for good music on the radio doesn't work either. Louise Penny is our go to audiobook.

Ocelot II

(121,513 posts)
8. Another one is coming out in October, I've pre-ordered it on Amazon.
Mon May 27, 2024, 10:35 AM
May 2024

Long may she write!

QED

(2,980 posts)
6. Have you seen the Three Pines series on amazon prime?
Mon May 27, 2024, 10:24 AM
May 2024

It isn't what I'd "seen" in my mind but I loved it anyway.

Also....Louis Penny and Hillary Clinton collaborated on a book, State of Terror, that was pretty darn good.

Ocelot II

(121,513 posts)
7. Yes, most of the actors looked nothing like I'd imagined the characters,
Mon May 27, 2024, 10:35 AM
May 2024

but I liked it anyhow. I hope they do another one.

Ocelot II

(121,513 posts)
12. Sort of. I imagined him as leaner and more angular, though
Mon May 27, 2024, 10:49 AM
May 2024

Molina was very good in the part, but he didn't look like "my" Gamache.

cbabe

(4,315 posts)
9. Yes. This series is one of my go-to comfort reading. Been through them all at least three times. I'm
Mon May 27, 2024, 10:36 AM
May 2024

not going to watch the tv series. I’ve heard very mixed things about it. And I like my mind’s eye and don’t want to challenge it.

Also her food descriptions almost make the whole series worthwhile.

EverHopeful

(385 posts)
13. And her monthly newsletter is always nice to see
Mon May 27, 2024, 11:48 AM
May 2024

And kinda' helps you to endure the wait between books.

 

NanaCat

(2,332 posts)
14. Not yet. I'm working my way through other books
Tue May 28, 2024, 01:00 AM
May 2024

I can probably squeeze in the book she wrote with Hillary Clinton this year or next, but the Gamache series will have to wait. I simply have too many other books needing my attention for the foreseeable future.

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