The Piper on the Mountain

I enjoyed this. A Felse mystery in which Dominic, Felse’s son, helps a girl. Both Dominic and the girl appear in later books in this series.......more

Once I got into this book a bit, maybe three or four chapters, it started to feel like a grown-up version of a Hardy Boys mystery. It has the feeling of being sensationally clock-and-dagger yet whimsically innocent simultaneously. And despite our hero and heroine inveigling themselves into secrets......more

4.5 stars. Probably one of my favorites of the series so far, though I've liked them all to varying degrees. The clever, subtle misdirection in the mystery plot and the quiet suspense-building is just great. The European vacation setting (in the mountains of Czechoslovakia) and the rich writing give......more

Ellis Peters always crafts delicate and enchanting prose, and the lyrically lovely Piper on the Mountain is no different. The murder mystery is almost an afterthought, the adoring descriptions of the Slovakian geography and culture taking precedence, and in fact by the time the true mystery is revea......more