Still Life
- Published
- 1 July 2005
- Pages
- 377
- ISBN-13
- 9780751547382
- Type
- novel
About this book
Still Life (2005) opens the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, introducing the courtly, patient Surete du Quebec detective and the fictional village of Three Pines that will draw him back for murder after murder over the next twenty books. At 377 pages, it sets up the long game Louise Penny plays across the series: cases solved by listening rather than trickery.
Key facts about Still Life
Louise Penny wrote Still Life, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1 July 2005. The book has 377 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780751547382 to find the main one.
Still Life is book 1 of 20 in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series. The series has 20 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. The Black Wolf is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 28 October 2025.
That series sits on our mystery shelf. Meanwhile, The Last Mandarin is the latest published Louise Penny book on file, from 12 May 2026.
About Louise Penny
Louise Penny is a Canadian author best known for the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, a long-running literary mystery series set largely in the fictional Quebec village of Three Pines, where a tight-knit cast of eccentric locals recurs across cases investigated by the thoughtful, morally grounded Sûreté du Québec inspector Gamache. See every Louise Penny book in order.
Its place in Chief Inspector Armand Gamache
Still Life is book 1 in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series. It is followed by A Fatal Grace. See the full Chief Inspector Armand Gamache reading order.
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec is the rarest thing in crime fiction: a genuinely good man. Courtly, patient, fluent in poetry and human weakness, he teaches his agents four sentences that lead to wisdom — I was wrong. I'm sorry. I don't know. I need help. — and solves murders not by trickery but by listening until people reveal themselves. His cases keep returning him to Three Pines, a village south of Montreal that appears on no map, where croissants and cafe au lait at Olivier's bistro…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780751561630
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780755328895
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780751547382