A Fatal Grace
A Fatal Grace, by Louise Penny, published in Canada as Dead Cold, is the second novel in the Three Pines Mysteries series, which feature Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, published in 2007.
In December 2022, the novel was adapted to streaming television at Amazon Prime Video as "White Out", the two-part series premiere of Three Pines, starring Alfred Molina, written by Emilia di Girolamo and directed by Sam Donovan.[1]
Plot summary
Inspector Gamache investigates after CC de Poitiers, a sadistic socialite, is fatally electrocuted at a Christmas curling competition in the small Québécois town of Three Pines. CC, who had a "spiritual guidance" business based on eliminating emotion, was hated by seemingly everyone, including her husband, lover, and daughter. The crime links to a vagrant's recent murder as well as to the pasts of several other villagers.
Awards and recognition
A Fatal Grace was the recipient of the Agatha Award for best mystery novel of 2007.[2]
Adaptation
In December 2022, the novel was adapted as the two-part episode "White Out", serving as the series premiere of the mystery television series Three Pines, starring Alfred Molina as Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, written by Emilia di Girolamo, directed by Sam Donovan, and released to Amazon Prime Video.[1]
References
- ^ a b Dowling, Amber (November 29, 2022). "'Three Pines' Amplifies Indigenous Voices in Cinematic First Season Louise Penny Fans Will Love: TV Review". Variety. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
- ^ "Past Agatha Award Winners & Nominees". Malice Domestic. 2010. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
External links
- A Fatal Grace Official Macmillan Page
- Review by The New York Times
- Review by The Library Journal
- Review by The Houston Chronicle
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Preceded by The Virgin of Small Plains, Nancy Pickard | Agatha Award for Best Novel 2007 | Succeeded by The Cruelest Month, Louise Penny |
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- Still Life (2005)
- A Fatal Grace (2007)
- The Cruelest Month (2008)
- The Murder Stone (2009)
- The Brutal Telling (2009)
- Bury Your Dead (2010)
- A Trick of the Light (2011)
- The Hangman (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)
- Kingdom of the Blind (2018)
- A Better Man (2019)
- All the Devils Are Here (2020)
- The Madness of Crowds (2021)
- A World of Curiosities (2022)
- State of Terror (2021; co-written with Hillary Rodham Clinton)
- Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery (2013; television film)
- Three Pines (2022 miniseries)
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