The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny

It's Easter time in the small French-Canandian village of Three Pines and the residents decide to hold a seance in the old Hadley house. The house is feared by many villagers, so it's no surprise that someone is scared to death during their outing. Soon they learn that the woman, Madeleine, was actually poisoned and Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team come to Three Pines to find her murderer. Gamache, who investigated two deaths in Three Pines in the previous two books of the series, loves to stay at the local bed and breakfast owned by Gabri and Olivier and has become close with some of the people of the town, like married painters Clara and Peter. In this book, the story of fellow police officers out to get Gamache to leave his job is also continued from the other books. If you like mysteries that are slower paced, more literary with a great sense of place, give The Cruelest Month a try.