A Fatal Grace
- 320
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“A Fatal Grace” is a thoughtful village mystery whose pleasures are its people and its Quebec setting as much as the puzzle. Armand Gamache investigates the death of a woman almost nobody liked, in a place where motives are everywhere. A second storyline runs in the background: some readers enjoy these hints, others feel as if they had missed a book. Some are also uncomfortable with the way one character’s weight is described.
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About the book
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.
Reading order · Chief Inspector Gamache
Full order & progress →- Still LifeStart hereStill Life–Not ranked yet
- A Fatal GraceThis book
7.77.7 / 10 - The Cruelest MonthThe Cruelest Month–Not ranked yet
- A Rule Against MurderA Rule Against Murder–Not ranked yet
- The Brutal Telling
7.97.9 / 10 - Bury Your Dead
8.08.0 / 10 - A Trick of the Light
8.08.0 / 10 - The Beautiful MysteryThe Beautiful Mystery–Not ranked yet
- How the Light Gets InHow the Light Gets In–Not ranked yet
- The Long Way HomeThe Long Way Home–Not ranked yet
- The Nature of the BeastThe Nature of the Beast–Not ranked yet
- A Great ReckoningA Great Reckoning–Not ranked yet
- Glass HousesGlass Houses–Not ranked yet
- Kingdom of the BlindKingdom of the Blind–Not ranked yet
- A Better ManA Better Man–Not ranked yet
- All the Devils Are HereAll the Devils Are Here–Not ranked yet
- The Madness of CrowdsThe Madness of Crowds–Not ranked yet
- A World of CuriositiesA World of Curiosities–Not ranked yet
- The Black WolfThe Black Wolf–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 220 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 60% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.5 | 11 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 209 | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is A Fatal Grace?
It has 320 pages — shorter than 81% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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