{"id":13977,"date":"2011-11-23T06:00:17","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=13977"},"modified":"2011-11-21T09:13:55","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T15:13:55","slug":"trick-of-the-light-by-louise-penny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/trick-of-the-light-by-louise-penny\/","title":{"rendered":"Trick of the Light by Louise Penny"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Mystery writer\u00a0and four-time Agatha Award winner Louise Penny’s seventh book in the Inspector Armand Gamache series, A Trick of\u00a0the Light<\/a><\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0may just be her best yet.\u00a0 The book follows the same quirky cast of characters who reside in the sleepy village of\u00a0Three Pines near Montreal, Canada.\u00a0 Artist and longtime resident Clara Morrow has just reached the pinnacle of her artistic career, a solo exhibition at the Modern Art Museum in Montreal.\u00a0 The morning after the opening celebration, as Clara is relishing in her triumph, her closest childhood friend, Lillian Dyson,\u00a0is found strangled in\u00a0Clara’s serene garden and\u00a0Clara quickly becomes the prime suspect.<\/p>\n

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, of the Surete\u00a0du Quebec,\u00a0and his team are called in to investigate the murder, which has become even more complicated as the Inspector is surrounded by the residents of Three Pines, many who\u00a0have become\u00a0friendly with him and his team over the years.\u00a0 Gamache soon discovers that Clara and Lillian\u00a0had become\u00a0estranged after a falling out\u00a0decades earlier, which\u00a0moves the\u00a0investigation in a new direction. \u00a0In addition to the murder of Lillian, the story gives the reader a glimpse into the competitive art world and the story is peppered with artists, art critics and museum curators.\u00a0 Gamache soon learns the true nature of the art world, a place where the competition between enemies and friends can lead to murder.<\/p>\n

New to Louise Penny’s mysteries?\u00a0 Start with the first book in the series, Still Life<\/a><\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0which is also a must read and introduces all the residents of Three Pines!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mystery writer\u00a0and four-time Agatha Award winner Louise Penny’s seventh book in the Inspector Armand Gamache series, A Trick of\u00a0the Light,\u00a0may just be her best yet.\u00a0 The book follows the same quirky cast of characters who reside in the sleepy village of\u00a0Three Pines near Montreal, Canada.\u00a0 Artist and longtime resident Clara[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,5,8],"tags":[1787,1788,1022,1789,1021],"class_list":["post-13977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-read-a-likes","category-staff-picks","tag-agatha-award-winner","tag-canadian-mystery","tag-montreal","tag-mystery-series","tag-quebec"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-3Dr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13977"}],"version-history":[{"count":96,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14086,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13977\/revisions\/14086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}