A Fatal Grace

Was good to revisit the people from the first book and I didn't get the entire mystery solved or solved too soon so the reveal was just right for me.

I was constantly getting confused by the similarity of names and folks having more than one name; Mother and M, M is Emily, etc. And sometimes in the audio there wasn't a pause between the scene changes so I was confused as to who was thinking or speaking at the moment.

Her Inspector Gamache series just keeps getting better. If you are a mystery-lover who enjoys a cozy with more depth, a fascinating, small village (French Canadian) setting, and intriguing, well-developed characters you will want to cuddle up with her books. Be sure to have a hot cup of tea in hand before you start reading.

This was another interesting story and I enjoyed the new characters that were introduced. I am a little uncomfortable with the negative references to heavier people and wish there was a better ending for CC's daughter, Crie. My mind is stuck on her and I wish I knew how she was being helped instead of thinking of the next book in the series.

My other mother loved this series so I thought I'd keep going with it. I feel like it taught me more about my other-mother than it did about the author or the story. This quiet little Canadian town filled with salty older folks made me think my other-mother had a secret salty side she didn't often share.

While the book was a pleasant diversion, it was also the first time I figured out whodunit about halfway through the book and wondered why it took everyone else so long to figure it out.

Short Review: This is the second in the Inspector Gamache series and I am enjoying them so far (well into the third as I am writing this.) But as much as I like Inspector Gamache, I am not all that fond of most of the rest of the characters in the book. I can tell that they are intended to be complex characters and I am sure their complexity will be revealed through out the next 8 books in the series, but for now, the towns folk of Three Pines are not my favorite part of the series. Probably is closer to a 3.5 star book, but that is not an option.


My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/a-fatal-grace/

This is another one of those books that have two different titles and therefore confuses the heck out of me when I am trying to figure out if my library has it, needs to order it, and which one is next in the series, seriously, stick to one title please!! LOL

This is book #2 in the “Three Pines” series, I just read the first book STILL LIFE a bit ago and LOVED it and again this was another fabulous mystery! Most of the characters are back for the second book with a few new fun a quirky ones thrown in, there is just such a nice, cozy and warm way to how this author writes, it makes you want to curl up in a big lumpy chair with a hot chocolate and become one of the town folks. I love these books so much that I actually just placed an order with Amazon for book number three, for some reason my library does not have book 3, but has book 4, go figure, anyways, I can't wait to curl up with the rest of the series and find out what other secrets Three Pines has in store for me!