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Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Heart
Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Heart
Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Heart
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Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Heart

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When two attendees go missing from a folk music festival at a remote Gothic mansion, Inspector Felse arrives to solve the mystery—and protect his son.

Singers and musicians are gathered for a weekend course in folk music at the impressive neo-Gothic country mansion Follymead. Most come only to sing or to listen, but one or two have nonmusical scores to settle. When brilliantly talented Liri Palmer sings “Black, black, black is the colour of my true-love’s heart,” she clearly has a message for someone in the audience. And as passions run high, there is murder brewing at Follymead.

Among the music students are Dominic Felse and his girlfriend, Theodosia. When not one, but two, members of the group go missing from the hall, Dominic calls upon his father, Detective Inspector George Felse, to help him solve this most perplexing mystery.
 
Black Is the Colour of My True Love’s Heart is the 6th book in the Felse Investigations, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
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Release dateDec 22, 2015
ISBN9781504027113
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Ellis Peters

Ellis Peters (the pen name of Edith Pargeter, 1913–1995) is a writer beloved of millions of readers worldwide and has been widely adapted for radio and television, including her Brother Cadfael crime novels, which were made into a series starring Derek Jacobi. She has been the recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger, Edgar Award for Best Novel, Agatha Award for Best Novel, and was awarded an OBE for her services to literature in 1994.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    A good but not great offering by Peters, but definitely worth reading. Very different from Brother Cadfeal, obviously in history and scope, but still good work from this author.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Interesting. An odd lot of characters. I remembered the secret, and that there was an odd twist to the crime, but not what actually happened. Nor did I really remember the characters - Dominic & George Felse, of course, Tossa (her first appearance, I think), Felicity, Liri and Lucien, the Arundels... There's a long list of characters that play major parts in the story. And some that ought to be major who barely appear despite carrying out their parts. I enjoy the folk music - I'm always singing some of the songs referenced in the book for weeks after reading it. Like Joyful Woman, the internal landscape of some of the characters - Felicity in particular though not exclusively - plays a major part in the story. The acts undertaken and the motivations for the acts are very complexly based. The actual events are quite simple and rather stupid (as in, it was all a misunderstanding!), but the physical and emotional settings make it an interesting and very complex story. Also fun to read - well, it is a Peters, that pretty well goes without saying.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This was an enjoyable read. The mystery surrounds a group of folk singers in the middle of a course for the public at a private musical college. Inspector Felse's son, Dominic happens to be there that weekend. It has taken me a bit to enjoy the Felse mysteries as much as I like the Cadfael series, but I am beginning to appreciate the interplay between Inspector Felse and his family. The character of Felse reminds me a lot of the character of Sherriff Hugh in the Cadfael books, only modernized. This mystery was good, I was able to figure it out, but didn't feel cheated or that it was too easy. It's also possible I've read it before and forgotten!

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