Inspector George Felse · Book 1
Fallen into the Pit
- Published
- 1 January 1951
- Pages
- 301
- ISBN-13
- 9781568951164
- Type
- novel
About this book
Fallen into the Pit (1951, 301 pages) opens the Inspector George Felse series, written in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War and introducing the quietly perceptive detective in the fictional Midlands town of Comerford. It's an English village mystery of character and community, closer to the classic Golden Age tradition than Ellis Peters' later Brother Cadfael novels.
Its place in Inspector George Felse
Fallen into the Pit is book 1 in the Inspector George Felse series. It is followed by Death and the Joyful Woman. See the full Inspector George Felse reading order.
Long before Brother Cadfael, Ellis Peters (the pen name of Edith Pargeter) wrote thirteen contemporary mysteries centred on George Felse, a quietly perceptive detective inspector in the fictional Midlands town of Comerford, and — as the series goes on — his wife Bunty and their son Dominic, who takes over as the effective lead investigator in several later entries as he grows from schoolboy to young adult. Beginning with Fallen into the Pit (1951), written in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781568951164
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780708848395