Order of Inspector Gamache Books

Inspector Gamache is a series of whodunit mystery novels by Canadian author Louise Penny, featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. The series is set in Quebec and Gamache works for the Sûreté du Québec, where he heads the homicide department. The series features unconventional murders, a long list of suspects, plenty of red herrings and dramatic endings. The series is also known as the Three Pines Mysteries.

Louise Penny started her literary career with the first novel in the Inspector Gamache series, Still Life, in 2005. Below is a list of all of Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache books in order of when they were originally released (which is also their chronological order):

Publication Order of Inspector Gamache Books

Still Life	(2005)
A Fatal Grace	(2007)
The Cruelest Month	(2008)
The Murder Stone	(2009)
The Brutal Telling	(2009)
Bury Your Dead	(2010)
The Hangman	(2010)
A Trick of the Light	(2011)
The Beautiful Mystery	(2012)
How the Light Gets In	(2013)
The Long Way Home	(2014)
The Nature of the Beast	(2015)
A Great Reckoning	(2016)
Glass Houses	(2017)

Notes: Dead Cold was also published as A Fatal Grace. The Murder Stone was also titled A Rule Against Murder.

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