''Still Life'' is the debut novel written by

Louise Penny Louise Penny is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of francophone Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. Penny's first career was as a radio broadcaster for the Can ...

and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks (an imprint of

Macmillan Publishers Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the 'Big Five' English language publi ...

, owned by Holtzbrinck Publishing Group) on 1 January 2005, which later went on to win the

Anthony Award The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America. Among the m ...

for Best First Novel in 2007. The story was adapted into a film called ''Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery'' in 2013.

Plot

A body is found in the woods near a small town called Three Pines. Inspector Gamache and his homicide team are sent to investigate.

References

Inspector Gamache 2005 Canadian novels 2005 debut novels Canadian novels adapted into films Novels by Louise Penny Anthony Award-winning works {{2000s-mystery-novel-stub