Quebec mystery writer wins fourth consecutive Agatha Award

Quebec writer Louise Penny won her fourth Agatha Award in a row on Saturday for her novel Bury Your Dead. The Agathas are given to mystery novels first published in the US by a living author. Bury Your Dead is the sixth book in her Inspector Gamache series. Gamache, the protagonist, is a francophone homicide detective living in Outremont.

This is not the first time the mystery writer has won acclaim for the books. The last three Inspector Gamache books earned her other three Agatha Awards. Her novels been translated into over 16 languages. Penny is an international bestselling author.  She lives south of Montreal.