A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs

This was one of my favorite Felse novels so far. I have not read them in order. We have a modern day mystery entwined with an historical one. Great fun and enjoyable characters.......more

I don't know how I discovered Ellis Peters but it was a lucky thing for me as a reader. This is the fourth in her Felse crime series, named after Detective George Felse. George, his wife and his 18 year old son Dominic are on holiday in Cornwall. When Dominic rescues a boy from the rocky waters of th......more

Peters sends her sleuthing family the Felses into Cornwall on vacation and right into the thick of an interesting group of characters and their problems. You may recall that after Felse #2, I was concerned about the Felse Family Investigations becoming formulaic. Felse #3 broke that mold and #4 has......more

I prefer Felse to Cadfael, even though I met up with the monk first. In this volume Dominic is more prominent than George, who seems limited to standing in the background looking wise and occasionally coming out with a judgement or summing-up. As for the luv story at the end, meh. It was a good weeke......more