It isn’t fully cozy but never goes into the grim and dark details of grittier series. A five-time winner of the Agatha Award, author Louise Penny offers a wonderful series to sink into. Gamache is thoughtful and kind, and surrounded by eccentric town residents as he solves case after case. Get this titleĬhief Inspector Gamache/Three Pines series Welcome to Three Pines, a rural village south of Montreal, where Chief Inspector of the Surêté du Québec, Armand Gamache, and his team investigate all types of crimes-usually murder. The entire series is as follows: B is for Burglar, C is for Corpse, D is for Deadbeat, E is for Evidence, F is for Fugitive, G is for Gumshoe, H is for Homicide, I is for Innocent, J is for Judgement, K is for Killer, L is for Lawless, M is for Malice, N is for Noose, O is for Outlaw, P is for Peril, Q is for Quarry, R is for Ricochet, S is for Silence, T is for Trespass, U is for Undertow, V is for Vengeance, W is for Wasted, X, Y is for Yesterday. This completed series ended when author Sue Grafton passed away after writing volume Y the family is respecting her wishes to not have anyone else write Z. Prolific narrator Mary Peiffer and Broadway singer and actress Judy Kaye bring Millhone’s tough and sarcastic character to life. Starting in the ‘80s in a fictional California town, we follow along in alphabetical order as the divorced ex-cop-turned-PI tackles all kinds of cases and no-gooders, from scammers to murderers.

Suddenly Veronica and Stoker are forced to go on the run from an elusive assailant, wary partners in search of the villainous truth.If you like your PIs wise and armed with a smart mouth, please let me introduce you to one of the savviest, sassiest, and most popular: Kinsey Millhone. But before the baron can deliver on his tantalizing vow to reveal the secrets he has concealed for decades, he is found murdered. Promising to reveal in time what he knows of the plot against her, the baron offers her temporary sanctuary in the care of his friend Stoker-a reclusive natural historian as intriguing as he is bad-tempered. But fate has other plans, as Veronica discovers when she thwarts her own abduction with the help of an enigmatic German baron with ties to her mysterious past.

As familiar with hunting butterflies as she is fending off admirers, Veronica wields her butterfly net and a sharpened hatpin with equal aplomb, and with her last connection to England now gone, she intends to embark upon the journey of a lifetime. After burying her spinster aunt, the orphaned Veronica is free to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry-and the occasional romantic dalliance. As the city prepares to celebrate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, Veronica Speedwell is marking a milestone of her own.

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