![]() I saw Louise recently and I told her I was reviewing this one and she said, “Oh, I loved the concept of the near-enemy in that book.” ![]() It felt like Louise’s assurance as writer was growing, and had coalesced in this wonderful novel. The Cruelest Month is one of my favorites in the series for many reasons. She of course agreed, and a correspondence and friendship began. Dear Louise Penny fans, you know what happened next-I fell under the spell of Three Pines and Louise’s writing and was so excited to find a new writer I now felt passionately about, that I emailed Louise and asked to interview her via email. So, loving Julia’s books and trusting her taste, I dug out my (now somewhat battered) copy of Still Life and started reading. But then I got a letter from Julia Spencer-Fleming, who uses her powers for good: she sometimes sends around a letter to booksellers highlighting a book she feels passionately about, and Still Life was the topic of one of the first of these letters. ![]() Several years ago of course I got an advanced reading copy of Still Life, which languished in the pile. ![]() I use the scientific method of reading “what calls to me”-so a vast majority of the “pile” goes unread. As a bookseller, I receive literally hundreds of advanced reading copies every year. ![]()
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