Ellis Peters

From the author of the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, the first three mysteries in the Edgar Award–winning series about an English policeman and his son.

 

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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