The Felse Investigations Volume One: Fallen into the Pit, Death and the Joyful Woman, and Flight of a Witch
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CWA Diamond Dagger Award–Winning Author
In the English village of Comerford, just on the border of Wales, it's Det. Sgt. George Felse's duty to keep the peace—and keep his fourteen-year-old son, Dominic, out of harm's way . . .
Fallen into the Pit: The shadow of World War II still looms over the village of Comerford. Dominic finds the body of a German ex-prisoner of war and develops a dangerous interest in solving the case.
"Hypnotically good." — Boston Sunday Globe
Death and the Joyful Woman: Dominic falls in love with an heiress who stands accused of bludgeoning a millionaire beer baron to death with a magnum of champagne.
"Felse . . .is a fully-dimensioned character who plumbs the experiences of his personal life to understand his case." — Publishers Weekly
Flight of a Witch: Felse handles a strange case involving the disappearance of a local beauty, a fatal robbery, and witchcraft.
"A tension-laden, consistently intriguing puzzle." — Kirkus Reviews
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Pargeter won an Edgar Award in 1963 for Death and the Joyful Woman, and in 1993 she won the Cartier Diamond Dagger, an annual award given by the Crime Writers' Association of Great Britain. She was appointed officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1994, and in 1999 the British Crime Writers' Association established the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger award, later called the Ellis Peters Historical Award.
