Armand Gamache book 2 · 2006
A Fatal Grace
At a curling match on the frozen lake at Three Pines on Boxing Day, CC de Poitiers, a woman nobody liked, is electrocuted in front of the village. Gamache has to work out how anyone managed it, while enemies inside the Sûreté plot against him. Also published as Dead Cold.
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Book facts
- Author
- Louise Penny
- Series
- Armand Gamache, book 2 of 21
- Published
- 2006
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Three Pines, Quebec
- Characters charted
- 11
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Who is in A Fatal Grace
11 recurring or key characters from Louise Penny’s chart.
Lead 1
- Armand GamacheChief Inspector of homicide, Sûreté du Québec
Major 7
- Jean-Guy BeauvoirGamache’s second-in-command, later his son-in-law
- Isabelle LacosteDetective, later head of homicide
- Clara MorrowArtist living in Three Pines
- Peter MorrowArtist and Clara’s husband
- Ruth ZardoElderly poet with a pet duck, Rosa
- Myrna LandersFormer psychologist who runs the bookshop
- Olivier BruléRuns the bistro with Gabri
Minor and cameo 3
- Reine-Marie GamacheArmand’s wife
- Yvette NicholJunior agent
- Gabri DubeauRuns the bed and breakfast with Olivier
Also featuring these characters
Other Louise Penny books that share the most characters with A Fatal Grace.
- A Rule Against Murder2008 · Armand Gamache · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Brutal Telling2009 · Armand Gamache · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Bury Your Dead2010 · Armand Gamache · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- A Trick of the Light2011 · Armand Gamache · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon