<DIV></DIV><DIV>Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec digs beneath the idyllic surface of village life in Three Pines, finding long buried secrets—and facing a few enemies of his own. With nine books in the series and more to come, this boxed set of the first three books—<I>Still Life</I>, <I>A Fatal Grace</I>, and <I>The Cruelest Month—</I>introduces not only the engaging series hero Inspector Gamache, who commands his forces—and this series—with integrity and quiet courage, but also the spectacular Louise Penny.<BR><BR>A #1 <I>New York Times </I>bestseller and multiple award winner, Louise Penny "writes with grace and intelligence" (<I>New York Times Book Review</I>) and "with her smart plot and fascinating, nuanced characters...proves that she is one of our finest writers (<I>People</I>). The acclaimed series is a sensation—there are nearly 850,000 print copies in the US and Canada alone, and it has been translated into 35 languages. </DIV><DIV><BR> </DIV>