Louise Penny Characters

Main Characters

• Armand Gamache- Chief Inspector of the Sûreté du Québec
• Reine-Marie Gamache -Armand’s Wife
• Annie Gamache- Armand’s daughter
• Isabelle Lacoste- Member of Gamache’s team
• Jean-Guy Beauvoir- Gamache’s Second in Command and Close Friend

Residents of Three Pines

• Clara Morrow- Artist and resident of Three Pines
• Peter Morrow- Married to Clara. An artist who lives in Three Pines
• Ruth Zardo- Poet Living in Three Pines with her pet duck
• Myrna Landers- Former psychologist who runs the bookstore in Three Pines
• Gabri Dubeau – Owner of the bistro and B & B
• Olivier Brulé – Co-owner of the bistro and B & B and Gabri’s partner

Sûreté du Québec Personnel

• Yvette Nichol- Junior officer
• Alphonse Gelinas- Senior Officer
• Michel Brébeuf- Senoir Officer
• Sylvian Françoeur- Gamache’s superior

More Recurring Louise Penny Characters

• Monsieur Béliveau (The Grocer)
• Daniel Gamache- Armand’s son who lives in Paris
• Stephen Horowitz- Armand’s Godfather
• Dr. Vincent Gilbert- The “asshole Saint”
• Normand Therien – Criminal mastermind
• Roland Mongeau – Head of a drug cartel
• John Fleming – Infamous serial killer

Victims in the Three Pines Series

Still Life (Book 1)

• Jane Neal- found dead in the woods

A Fatal Grace (Book 2):

CC de Poitiers- electrocuted during a curling match

The Cruelest Month (Book 3):

Madeleine Favreau- died during a seance at the old Hadley house

A Rule Against Murder (Book 4):

Julie Morrow- crushed by a statue at the Manoir Bellechasse during a family reunion

The Brutal Telling (Book 5):

The Hermit- found dead in Olivier’s Bistro

Bury Your Dead (Book 6):

1. Augustine Renaud- an archeologist found dead in the Literary and Historical Society
2. Paul Moran- found in the woods outside Three Pines
   

A Trick of the Light (Book 7)

Lillian Dyson- found dead in Clara Morrow’s garden

A Beautiful Mystery (Book 8)

Frère Mathieu – Choir director at the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups

How the Light Gets in (Book 9)

1. Constance Ouellet – The last surviving Ouellet quintuple
2. Audrey Villeneuve- A woman who discovered a conspiracy to hide structural problems in the Champlain Bridge
3. Sylvian Françoeur- A fight to the death leaves Françoeur dead

The Long Way Home (Book 10)

Peter Morrow – Clara Morrow’s husband

The Nature of the Beast (Book 11)

1. Lauren Lepage- a young boy from Three Pines
2. Professor Massey- A Professor

A Great Reckoning (Book 12)

Sergeant-Principal Jacques Laurin – Found dead at the Sûreté Academy

Glass Houses (Book 13)

Kingdom of the Blind (14)

Benedikt Morgenstern – A recluse found dead in an abandoned house

A Better Man (Book 15)

Vivienne Godin – A woman found dead in the Chaudière River near Three Pines

All The Devils Are Here (Book 16)

1. Ellie Fitzwilliam – An academic with a dark past.
2. John Banks – A corporate lawyer.

Madness of Crowds (Book 17)

1. Professor Abigail Robinson – An academic whose controversial views lead to her death.
2. Deborah Schneider –Found dead in a related incident.

A World of Curiosities (Book 18)

1. Camille Joly – Found dead during an investigation linked to a hidden room.
2. Gilles Sandon – Found dead in a historical flashback