A Trick of the Light

A New York Times Notable Crime Book and Favorite Cozy for 2011
A Publishers Weekly Best Mystery/Thriller books for 2011

With A Trick of the Light, Louise Penny takes us back to the deceptively peaceful village of Three Pines in this brilliant novel in her award-winning, New York Times bestselling series featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.

Hearts are broken, Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book. Sweet relationships are dead.

But now Lillian herself is dead. Found among the bleeding hearts and lilacs of Clara Morrow's garden in Three Pines, shattering the celebrations of Clara's solo show at the famed Musée in Montreal. Chief Inspector Gamache, the head of homicide at the Sûreté du Québec, is called to the tiny Quebec village and there he finds the art world gathered, and with it a world of shading and nuance, a world of shadow and light. Where nothing is as it seems. Behind every smile there lurks a sneer. Inside every sweet relationship there hides a broken heart.
And even when facts are slowly exposed, it is no longer clear to Gamache and his team if what they've found is the truth, or simply a trick of the light.

Penny has been compared to Agatha Christie [but] it sells her short. Her characters are too rich, her grasp of nuance and human psychology too firm.... --Booklist (starred review)

Author: Louise Penny
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 08/30/2011
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780312655457
Award: Dilys Award - Nominee
Award: Agatha Awards - Nominee
Award: Macavity Award - Nominee
Award: Anthony Awards - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2011 pg. 44
Publishers Weekly 07/04/2011
Library Journal 07/01/2011 pg. 62
Romantic Times 09/01/2011 pg. 81 - Excellent
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2011
New York Times Book Review 09/18/2011 pg. 34
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/07/2011 pg. 26
New York Times Book Review 12/04/2011 pg. 50

About the Author
LOUISE PENNY is the author of the #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling series of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. She has won numerous awards, including a CWA Dagger and the Agatha Award (six times), and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. In 2017, she received the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture. Louise lives in a small village south of Montréal.

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