The first in a bestselling series of murder mysteries featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, Still Life won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel in 2007. The story centres on the apparently accidental death of a beloved retired teacher turned amateur artist. Wittily macabre, the title is a pun combining death and art. Penny has said her books are not really about murder, but what murder dislodges in a community. While this murder occurs in Three Pines, a quaint village outside of Montreal, all mystery fans know those picturesque places are hotbeds of seething evil.
