Fallen into the Pit

The surprise pick of the week for me! Why surprised? I am a well-established fan of Edith Pargeter. It's the music of her writing style and her delightful characterisation. If she were a visual artist I'd say she can draw a sketch of a person in a few lines that captures their essence. Inspector Fels......more

Oh no! I have discovered a new (to me) mystery writer, as if I weren't already following enough of them. I blame it on My Big Fat Reading Project. It just keeps getting fatter, but better my project than me! Ellis Peters is a pseudonym of Edith Pargeter, a British author who is best known for her Ch......more

After growing up with Agatha Christie's take on the English detective novel, discovering Edith Pargeter's sublime The Heaven Tree as an adult, and finding Brother Cadfael intriguing but failing to make a mark, my book whisperer challenged me to read the Felse Investigations. And so I arrived here, in......more