The first Chief Inspector Gamache novel.
A small town murder! An well-loved elderly woman has been shot dead with an arrow through the heart! Chief Inspector Gamache is sent to investigate.
Everything he discovers about Jane Neal indicates she had no enemies, no fortune, and no reason for anyone to take her life. A former school teacher, never married, Jane was living quietly in retirement in the town where she dwelt her whole life. The oddest things about her were her paintings which she never showed anyone. And that she never let anyone into her house beyond the kitchen area.
She was hiding something. But what? Did her secrets have anything to do with her murder? Did the fact that she had recently decided to share her paintings with the world factor in to her death? These are the questions the Inspector will ask among others. And all the secrets will be revealed, come what may.
This was a pretty good read, for a murder mystery, which is not my favorite genre. I don't remember why I wanted this particular book but I don't regret getting it. I did enjoy it.
Review from Kirkus.
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