Inspector George Felse · Book 5
The Piper on the Mountain
- Published
- 1 January 1966
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN-13
- 9780750505840
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Piper on the Mountain (1966, 192 pages) is the fifth Inspector George Felse novel, one of the entries that centres on Dominic Felse as an adult investigator rather than his father George -- part of what makes the series as much a coming-of-age story as a straight procedural.
Its place in Inspector George Felse
The Piper on the Mountain is book 5 in the Inspector George Felse series. It follows A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs. It is followed by Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Heart. 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 9780750505840
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781784972820