The first mystery in Peters' classic series featuring Inspector George Felse and his family. When an obnoxious Nazi landworker is murdered in a small English village, Felse faces one of the toughest investigations of his career.
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The first mystery in Peters' classic series featuring Inspector George Felse and his family. When an obnoxious Nazi landworker is murdered in a small English village, Felse faces one of the toughest investigations of his career.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Ex-Libris. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Boards have light edgewear. Previous owner name on fep. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. All pages secure in binding.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First American edition. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. The first Inspector Felse mystery, first published in Britain in 1951.
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Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Scuffing to panels. Upward creasing to upper and lower edge of front panel.; Inspector George Felse Mystery; 8.30 X 5.80 X 1.30 inches; 324 pages.
The first paragraph of "Fallen Into the Pit" knocked my socks off, and I've been reading mystery stories for over 50 years. I already knew Ellis Peters' wonderful series about Brother Cadfael, and this was my introduction to Inspector Felse and his family. His son, Dominic, a teenager, is at the center of the story. Written shortly after WW II, the story revolves around two concerns: Open pit coal mining and the presence of a former German soldier. Peters describes the location along the Welsh border with the familiarity of one who grew up there. Her detail is not intrusive or distracting, and through it she manages to conjure up a clear image of the places and people and bring all to life. The death of the German soldier follows a series of harrassments and arguments which make the resolution of the story logical but still surprising. When the killer is revealed through Dominic's daring, there is an "Aha!" moment. The clues were all there, but the reader was cleverly distracted from the motivation. I am now reading all the rest of the Felse novels and gradually acquiring the other non-Cadfael Ellis Peters (Edith Pargeter) novels for avid consumption. If you are a devotee of British mysteries, Felse is not to be missed.
