The Felse Investigations Volume One

Title:

Fallen into the Pit, Death and the Joyful Woman, and Flight of a Witch

Author:

Peters, Ellis

Format:

eBook

Electronic Format:

HTML

ADOBE EPUB

KINDLE

Provider:

Libby

Language:

English

Publication Date:

2018

Subject:

Mystery

Fiction

Description:

From the author of the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, the first three mysteries in the Edgar Award–winning series about an English policeman and his son. In the English village of Comerford, just on the border of Wales, it’s Det. Sgt. George Felse’s duty to keep the peace—and keep his fourteen-year-old son, Dominic, out of harm’s way . . . Fallen into the Pit: The shadow of World War II still looms over the village of Comerford. Dominic finds the body of a German ex-prisoner of war and develops a dangerous interest in solving the case. “Hypnotically good.” —Boston Sunday Globe Death and the Joyful Woman: Dominic falls in love with an heiress who stands accused of bludgeoning a millionaire beer baron to death with a magnum of champagne. “Felse . . .is a fully-dimensioned character who plumbs the experiences of his personal life to understand his case.” —Publishers Weekly Flight of a Witch: Felse handles a strange case involving the disappearance of a local beauty, a fatal robbery, and witchcraft. “A tension-laden, consistently intriguing puzzle.” —Kirkus Reviews

ISBN:

9781504051361

Summary

From the author of the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, the first three mysteries in the Edgar Award-winning series about an English policeman and his son.

In the English village of Comerford, just on the border of Wales, it's Det. Sgt. George Felse's duty to keep the peace--and keep his fourteen-year-old son, Dominic, out of harm's way . . .

Fallen into the Pit : The shadow of World War II still looms over the village of Comerford. Dominic finds the body of a German ex-prisoner of war and develops a dangerous interest in solving the case.

"Hypnotically good." -- Boston Sunday Globe

Death and the Joyful Woman : Dominic falls in love with an heiress who stands accused of bludgeoning a millionaire beer baron to death with a magnum of champagne.

"Felse . . .is a fully-dimensioned character who plumbs the experiences of his personal life to understand his case." -- Publishers Weekly

Flight of a Witch : Felse handles a strange case involving the disappearance of a local beauty, a fatal robbery, and witchcraft.

"A tension-laden, consistently intriguing puzzle." -- Kirkus Reviews

Author Notes

Ellis Peters is a pseudonym of Edith Mary Pargeter (1913-1995), a British author whose Chronicles of Brother Cadfael are credited with popularizing the historical mystery. Cadfael, a Welsh Benedictine monk living at Shrewsbury Abbey in the first half of the twelfth century, has been described as combining the curious mind of a scientist with the bravery of a knight-errant. The character has been adapted for television, and the books drew international attention to Shrewsbury and its history.

Pargeter won an Edgar Award in 1963 for Death and the Joyful Woman , and in 1993 she won the Cartier Diamond Dagger, an annual award given by the Crime Writers' Association of Great Britain. She was appointed officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1994, and in 1999 the British Crime Writers' Association established the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger award, later called the Ellis Peters Historical Award.