Still Life, by Louise Penny

A good little mystery novel, about a Canadian Chief Inspector named Gamache. He was instantly a likeable character. There were a couple of moments in this book that I found astounding. The initial description of a bow and arrow and what the different types of arrow tips can do was vivid and evocative. There was a very small passage involving the second-in-command inspector about his wanting to call his wife after a draining day in the investigation that I thought was very emotional, and I am going to include it here to keep it in my memory: "Beauvoir left their home wanting to call his wife and tell her how much he loved her, and then tell her what he believed in, and his fears and hopes and disappointments. To talk about something real and meaningful. He dialed his cell phone and got her. But the words got caught somewhere south of his throat. Instead he told her the weather had cleared, and she told him about the movie she'd rented. Then they both hung up." Plot-wise, this book was very simple and I knew who the killer was (although I had the motive wrong) way too early. But I still really liked it and recommend it for the good characters and writing. I will read more in this series.