The Felse Investigations Volume One

The Felse Investigations #1-3

by Ellis Peters

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

Genres: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Fiction

831 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 13, 2018

About the author

A pseudonym used by Edith Pargeter.

Edith Mary Pargeter, OBE, BEM was a prolific author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics; she is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern. Born in the village of Horsehay (Shropshire, England), she had Welsh ancestry, and many of her short stories and books (both fictional and non-fictional) were set in Wales and its borderlands.

During World War II, she worked in an administrative role in the Women's Royal Naval Service, and received the British Empire Medal - BEM.

Pargeter wrote under a number of pseudonyms; it was under the name Ellis Peters that she wrote the highly popular series of Brother Cadfael medieval mysteries, many of which were made into films for television.

Reviews

[Marilyn Richards · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thoughts and emotions in detail

I picked up this set of the first three books of The Felse Investigations series because I love Ellis Peters Brother Cadfael series and am reading that series through a second time. So far, the Felse series is quite good, too. Peters excels at describing a character's inner thoughts and emotions. Each story is unique and well crafted. I plan to continue reading from this series. Highly recommend it.

[Angelma'at · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it! The only quarrel I had was with the last book. Not enough of either of the Felses in it. Done from the perspective of what would be only a minor character normally - gripping enough, but not what you expect from the Felse novels.

[Leslie Conner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Several interesting characters within each of these 3 stories, many opportunities to explore their thinking and their connections to place, people and their work. Ellis Peter’s is great at describing characters and their thoughts. Engaging detective fiction.

[Martha]

Just couldn't get into it

[George Donigian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very much an early 1950s period piece and a reminder of World War II and the years that followed it. Peters' narrative style is a delight as she describes scenes, settings, places, people.