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| Author Louise Penny |
"I'm often asked two questions: should the books be read in order? And, what is the order?
Both excellent questions. At the risk of appearing to want you to buy more books let me say that while it's not necessary to read them in any particular order (they're designed to be self-standing) there is quite a strong character development arc. I think you'd enjoy the books even more if read in order. Now, here's the order, from the first to the most recent:
STILL LIFE
A FATAL GRACE / DEAD COLD
THE CRUELEST MONTH
A RULE AGAINST MURDER / THE MURDER STONE
THE BRUTAL TELLING
BURY YOUR DEAD
A TRICK OF THE LIGHT
THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY
Some of the books have different titles, as you might have noticed. The publishers did this not, as you might suspect, to be annoying but because they genuinely feel their readers respond to different titles. I hope it's not too confusing."
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Everything above was from Louise's web pages. I love her books! That is if you can love reading about a victim of murder.....and I don't always like that part....but the characters are very good, and deep. The setting is charming.
Read this one first.......[it is being made into a movie by Canadian Broadcasting Company]
And before you read The Brutal Telling , you could read this by Susan Vreeland
as it is the source of the title phrase, "The Brutal Telling".
Now, I have just finished reading TBT ( the brutal telling) and must go and find the next one which will wind up some loose ends.... Bury Your Dead !
AND I am really looking forward to reading her latest, "The Beautiful Mystery" which is set in monestery with vows of silence. [watch the movie "Into Great Silence" to get a bit of monestery atmosphere!]
