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.
Key facts about The Piper on the Mountain
Ellis Peters wrote The Piper on the Mountain, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1966. The book has 192 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780750505840 to find the main one.
The Piper on the Mountain is book 5 of 13 in the Inspector George Felse series. The series has 13 published books. However, the series starts with Fallen into the Pit (1951).
Additionally, Ellis Peters writes Brother Cadfael as a separate series. Those series sit on our historical mystery and cozy mystery shelves. Meanwhile, Brother Cadfael's Penance is the latest published Ellis Peters book on file, from 1994.
About Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters was the principal pen name of Edith Pargeter, a prolific British author best known for the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, a series of historical mysteries set in a twelfth-century Benedictine abbey in Shrewsbury, England, and featuring a Welsh monk who came to the cloister after a worldly life as a soldier and Crusader. See every Ellis Peters book in order.
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