Still Life

Still Life is the first in the series of Inspector Gamache novels, but the second one that I had read. I started with book #4 - A Rule Against Murder. If I'd begun reading from the beginning I probably would have rated Still Life 3.5 or 4 stars. Fortunately the series gets better with age and by comparison to the later work I had to rate it a 3.

The good news is, it encouraged me to pick up the second book, A Fatal Grace, to see if they continue to improve.