Felse Investigations – serie

No case is too strange or too baffling for the policeman George Felse and his son, Dominic. Over 13 instalments and two decades, the Felse Investigations will take them from their home on the Welsh Borders to the southernmost tip of India. It is 1952, the shadow of World War Two still lies over the green fields of the small village of Comerford on the Welsh borders. When ex-prisoner of war Helmut Schauffler is murdered, local policeman Sergeant George Felse has his work cut out: Schauffler was Nazi to the core and the majority of the villagers had good reason to despise him. Sergeant Felse''s fourteen-year-old son Dominic – who found Schauffler''s body in a shallow brook – is fascinated by the case. Much to his father''s disapproval, he resolves to find the murderer – a decision that places his own life in great danger...''Highly recommended to those who still like a proper five-course whodunnit with all the trimmings'' Sunday Times''A cult figure of crime fiction'' Financial Times''Charm is not usual in murder mysteries, but Ellis Peters'' stories are full of it'' Mail on Sunday

No case is too strange or too baffling for the policeman George Felse and his son, Dominic. Over 13 instalments and two decades, the Felse Investigations will take them from their home on the Welsh Borders to the southernmost tip of India. Is vulgarity grounds for murder? Alfred Armiger had antagonised many with his greed and crass acquisitiveness. So when the ruthless beer baron is discovered dead, his head beaten in by a magnum of champagne, there is no shortage of suspects. All of Comerford is shocked when Detective George Felse arrests Kitty Norris, the daughter of a rival beer baron, the last person to see Armiger alive, and the main beneficiary of his will. But Kitty, charming and popular, has an unexpected advocate in Felse''s young son, Dominic, who is secretly in love with her. Passionately convinced of Kitty''s innocence, Dominic sets out to find the true culprit, a hazardous undertaking that might well cost him his life.''Highly recommended to those who still like a proper five-course whodunnit with all the trimmings'' Sunday Times''A cult figure of crime fiction'' Financial Times''Charm is not usual in murder mysteries, but Ellis Peters'' stories are full of it'' Mail on Sunday

No case is too strange or too baffling for the policeman George Felse and his son, Dominic. Over 13 instalments and two decades, the Felse Investigations will take them from their home on the Welsh Borders to the southernmost tip of India. Annet Beck is hauntingly beautiful, which worries her parents so much that they guard her as closely as a prisoner... until the rainy Thursday in October when she disappears. Annet is last seen vanishing over the crest of the eerie Hallowmount, a hill said to be the abode of witches. Five days later she mysteriously reappears, claiming that she was gone for only two hours. Enchanted by her beauty, Annet''s parents'' lodger Tom Kenyon is determined to find the explanation for her disappearance: could it be deceit, amnesia or witchcraft? Tom''s amateur investigations lead to nowhere until Detective Inspector George Felse finds cause to connect those missing five days with his enquiry into a death.The subsequent search takes the two men along a trail of betrayal, robbery and murder to a deadly confrontation among the ancient stones of Hallowmount...''Highly recommended to those who still like a proper five-course whodunnit with all the trimmings'' Sunday Times''A cult figure of crime fiction'' Financial Times''Charm is not usual in murder mysteries, but Ellis Peters'' stories are full of it'' Mail on Sunday

No case is too strange or too baffling for the policeman George Felse and his son, Dominic. Over 13 instalments and two decades, the Felse Investigations will take them from their home on the Welsh Borders to the southernmost tip of India. While on a seaside vacation in Cornwall with his son Dominic, Detective Inspector George Felse can''t help but investigate a dark mystery of smuggling, missing bodies and murder. Jan Treverra was a legendary Cornish poet and smuggler who died two centuries ago. But when local scholar Simon Towne arranges to open Treverra''s grave in search of his long-lost literary legacy, it yields not one body but two... and neither one of them is Jan Treverra.In this derelict seashore graveyard, George Felse uncovers a trail of violence in Maymouth''s history that casts shadows centuries long...''Highly recommended to those who still like a proper five-course whodunnit with all the trimmings'' Sunday Times''A cult figure of crime fiction'' Financial Times''Charm is not usual in murder mysteries, but Ellis Peters'' stories are full of it'' Mail on Sunday

No case is too strange or too baffling for the policeman George Felse and his son, Dominic. Over 13 instalments and two decades, the Felse Investigations will take them from their home on the Welsh Borders to the southernmost tip of India. When Herbert Terrell falls off a mountain during his annual climbing holiday in in Czechoslovakia, accidental death seems the inevitable verdict. But Terrell''s young step-daughter Theodosia is not convinced. She''d been planning to spend her summer vacation in Europe in any case, so what could be simpler than to persuade her travel companions to make a minor detour to the scene of the crime? Bewitched by Theodosia''s beautiful brown eyes and blissfully unaware of her real motives, Dominic Felse cannot refuse her plea for a change of plan. And he''s certainly not prepared for their innocent touring holiday to become a murder investigation, with Theodosia herself in grave danger of becoming another unlikely victim...''Highly recommended to those who still like a proper five-course whodunnit with all the trimmings'' Sunday Times''A cult figure of crime fiction'' Financial Times''Charm is not usual in murder mysteries, but Ellis Peters'' stories are full of it'' Mail on Sunday

No case is too strange or too baffling for the policeman George Felse and his son, Dominic. Over 13 instalments and two decades, the Felse Investigations will take them from their home on the Welsh Borders to the southernmost tip of India. Singers and musicians are gathered for a weekend course in folk music at the impressive neo-Gothic country mansion Follymead. Most come only to sing or to listen, but one or two have non-musical scores to settle. When brilliantly talented Liri Palmer sings ''Black, black, black is the colour of my true-love''s heart!'', she clearly has a message for someone in the audience. Passions run high, and there is murder brewing at Follymead. Among the music students are Dominic Felse and his girlfriend Theodosia. When not one, but two, members of the group go missing from the hall, Dominic calls upon his father, Detective Inspector George Felse, to help him solve this most perplexing mystery.''Highly recommended to those who still like a proper five-course whodunnit with all the trimmings'' Sunday Times''A cult figure of crime fiction'' Financial Times''Charm is not usual in murder mysteries, but Ellis Peters'' stories are full of it'' Mail on Sunday

No case is too strange or too baffling for the policeman George Felse and his son, Dominic. Over 13 instalments and two decades, the Felse Investigations will take them from their home on the Welsh Borders to the southernmost tip of India. On the eve of her 41st birthday, Bunty Felse is overcome with depression; the weather is dreary, her only child Dominic fails to call with birthday greetings, and her husband, George, arrives home only to announce that he has to leave for London immediately to attend to urgent police business. After almost 20 years as a detective''s wife, Bunty doesn''t protest or complain; she sends George off with a swiftly packed case. To shake off her black mood, Bunty goes out for a solitary evening walk. She stops at the local pub for a drink and accepts a lift home from a sad young man whose troubles draw her out of her own and makes her feel compelled to help him. But as soon as the car door closes, the driver reveals a dark secret that could lead them both to an early grave. Will she manage to escape the mysterious fugitive before it''s too late?''Highly recommended to those who still like a proper five-course whodunnit with all the trimmings'' Sunday Times''A cult figure of crime fiction'' Financial Times''Charm is not usual in murder mysteries, but Ellis Peters'' stories are full of it'' Mail on Sunday

No case is too strange or too baffling for the policeman George Felse and his son, Dominic. Over 13 instalments and two decades, the Felse Investigations will take them from their home on the Welsh Borders to the southernmost tip of India. World-famous opera singer Maggie Tressider wakes up in a hospital after a car crash, haunted by the certainty that she has committed a murder some time in the past. Her doctor suggests that, with the help of a psychiatrist, she may be able to lay the nameless spectre to rest. But Maggie chooses a very different expert to help her unearth the secrets of her past. Her commission launches private investigator Francis Killian on a hunt across Europe in search of a grave. But the trail also leads him to one Bunty Felse, former colleague of Maggie''s, and wife of Inspector Felse. The successful end of Killian''s search is only the beginning of a long pilgrimage – a journey that leads not only back into the past, but that takes Killian, Bunty and George to a remote corner of the Austrian alps where death awaits.''Highly recommended to those who still like a proper five-course whodunnit with all the trimmings'' Sunday Times''A cult figure of crime fiction'' Financial Times''Charm is not usual in murder mysteries, but Ellis Peters'' stories are full of it'' Mail on Sunday

No case is too strange or too baffling for the policeman George Felse and his son, Dominic. Over 13 instalments and two decades, the Felse Investigations will take them from their home on the Welsh Borders to the southernmost tip of India. When his girlfriend''s beautiful but erratic filmstar mother Chloe calls to ask a favour, Dominic Felse fears the worst. But she makes the couple an offer they can''t refuse: an all-expenses-paid trip to India to escort 14-year-old Anjili Kumar, the daughter of Chloe''s co-star, to stay with her father while her mother is filming in England. But Dominic''s fears are not unfounded as they soon discover that travelling with the spoilt, precocious Anjili is no sinecure – and the task of delivering her back to her family proves less than easy. Dominic and Theodosia find themselves embroiled in a mystery that swiftly and shockingly becomes a murder investigation. For behind the colourful, smiling mask of India that the tourist sees is another country – remote, mysterious – and often shatteringly brutal...''Highly recommended to those who still like a proper five-course whodunnit with all the trimmings'' Sunday Times''A cult figure of crime fiction'' Financial Times''Charm is not usual in murder mysteries, but Ellis Peters'' stories are full of it'' Mail on Sunday

No case is too strange or too baffling for the policeman George Felse and his son, Dominic. Over 13 instalments and two decades, the Felse Investigations will take them from their home on the Welsh Borders to the southernmost tip of India. No sooner than a late-Gothic, oak door is returned to its rightful place at Mottisham village church, there is a body to go with it: a news photographer is found dead at the threshold, his hand extended to its great cast iron knocker. Surely it is not a coincidence when a second victim is discovered in eerily similar circumstances? Legend holds that sinners who seize the knocker have their hands burned by the cold iron, but Gerry Bracewell didn''t die of burns, and neither did the second victim. Had they knocked on death''s door, or is a more down-to-earth killer at large? Detective Chief Inspector George Felse had watched the ceremony to re-dedicate the door. Little did he know that soon he would be called back to Mottisham to investigate murder...''Highly recommended to those who still like a proper five-course whodunnit with all the trimmings'' Sunday Times''A cult figure of crime fiction'' Financial Times''Charm is not usual in murder mysteries, but Ellis Peters'' stories are full of it'' Mail on Sunday

No case is too strange or too baffling for the policeman George Felse and his son, Dominic. Over 13 instalments and two decades, the Felse Investigations will take them from their home on the Welsh Borders to the southernmost tip of India. Landlords are never popular, and there is little mourning when the greedy, ruthless Mahendralal Bakhle is blown up on his boat on the beautiful Periyar Lake. Suspicion falls on the boat-boy who died with him, but Dominic Felse, one of a party of young tourists visiting the landlord''s game reserve, is not convinced of the boy''s guilt. And when the party move on to their next destination, the terror pursues them all the way to the southernmost tip of India.The police blame local terrorists targeting wealthy landlords, but what would that have to do with a group of innocent tourists? To get to the bottom of this trail of violence, Dominic Felse must unravel a deadly Indian rope trick of hatred and murder.''Highly recommended to those who still like a proper five-course whodunnit with all the trimmings'' Sunday Times''A cult figure of crime fiction'' Financial Times''Charm is not usual in murder mysteries, but Ellis Peters'' stories are full of it'' Mail on Sunday

No case is too strange or too baffling for the policeman George Felse and his son, Dominic. Over 13 instalments and two decades, the Felse Investigations will take them from their home on the Welsh Borders to the southernmost tip of India. When archaeologist Alan Morris disappears in Turkey, his great-niece, Charlotte, regrets never having got to know him better. In an attempt to better understand him, Charlotte begins reading the books he wrote. One of them leads her to visit the Roman site of Aurae Phiala, on the Welsh border – the last place her great-uncle worked before leaving for Turkey. But when Charlotte arrives she finds more than just a few old stones... First there is a charming young man, coincidentally staying at the same hotel, who is very insistent on being her guide. Then a troublesome schoolboy disappears and a corpse is found. Detective Chief Inspector George Felse is called in to solve a mystery whose roots go back to ancient Roman times...''Highly recommended to those who still like a proper five-course whodunnit with all the trimmings'' Sunday Times''A cult figure of crime fiction'' Financial Times''Charm is not usual in murder mysteries, but Ellis Peters'' stories are full of it'' Mail on Sunday

No case is too strange or too baffling for the policeman George Felse and his son, Dominic. Over 13 instalments and two decades, the Felse Investigations will take them from their home on the Welsh Borders to the southernmost tip of India. The sleepy village of Middlehope is suddenly jerked into life by nouveau riche antiques magnate Arthur Rainbow. In a whirlwind of activity, he extravagantly refurbishes the manor house, joins the golf club, angling society and arts council – and, in a ruthless coup, dislodges the old church organist to take over the position himself. But for all his reforming zeal, the Middlehope community rejects him. And when Rainbow''s crushed body is found in the graveyard of St Eata''s church, there is very little surprise or sorrow – but much speculation as to who the murderer could be. After all, there are so many candidates – from his young, beautiful, flirtatious wife to the usurped organist and his mutinous choir. It falls upon Superintendent George Felse, newly promoted head of the Midshire CID, to solve this most perplexing murder.''Highly recommended to those who still like a proper five-course whodunnit with all the trimmings'' Sunday Times''A cult figure of crime fiction'' Financial Times''Charm is not usual in murder mysteries, but Ellis Peters'' stories are full of it'' Mail on Sunday