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The Knocker on Death's Door
By Ellis Peters
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Superstition clouds the investigation into a dead body found outside a village church in this historical mystery from the author of Fallen Into the Pit.
A news photographer is found dead at the threshold of the church of Saint Eata, his hand extended to the door’s great cast-iron knocker. Surely it is not a coincidence when a second victim is discovered in eerily similar circumstances?
Legend holds that sinners who seize the knocker have their hands burned by the cold iron, but Gerry Bracewell didn’t die of burns, and neither did the second victim. Did they knock on death’s door, or is a more down-to-earth killer at large? Detective Chief Inspector George Felse watched the ceremony to rededicate the door, but little did he know that he would be called back to Mottisham to investigate murder. . . .
The Knocker on Death’s Door is the 10th book in the Felse Investigations, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
A news photographer is found dead at the threshold of the church of Saint Eata, his hand extended to the door’s great cast-iron knocker. Surely it is not a coincidence when a second victim is discovered in eerily similar circumstances?
Legend holds that sinners who seize the knocker have their hands burned by the cold iron, but Gerry Bracewell didn’t die of burns, and neither did the second victim. Did they knock on death’s door, or is a more down-to-earth killer at large? Detective Chief Inspector George Felse watched the ceremony to rededicate the door, but little did he know that he would be called back to Mottisham to investigate murder. . . .
The Knocker on Death’s Door is the 10th book in the Felse Investigations, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Author
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: 5 out of 5 stars5/5November 18, 1999The Knocker on Death’s DoorEllis PetersNever read anything by Peters before, but I believe I soon will again. This was one of the books I bought at the library sale, I think. I believe Peters writes the Cadfael medieval series, but this was not one of those.The story takes place in Wales, which attracted me right away. A centuries-old, inches-thick medieval era door - a great, huge thing – has been re-discovered in the family mansion of an old Welsh family, and has been restored to its original home, a local church that was once an abbey. It seems, however, that people keep dropping dead right at the foot of the old door, and stories begin to spread of a malignant spirit – an evil monk who’d sold his soul to Satan – who haunts the door and all who come near it. The detective on hand is a fellow named George Felse, but the story doesn’t’ center on him. Rather, it jumps from character to character, and mostly, the story is told by a local car mechanic, Dave, his sister Dinah, and his partner Hugh, who is Dinah’s boyfriend. One thing leads to another and a body is found buried in the old mansion, and the evidence seems about to do in the brother in the wealthy family, Robert, until Dinah figures it out and almost gets herself killed in the midst of it.A very satisfying read. I’ll look for more Ellis Peters as soon as I get through some of these other unread books I have piled up!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The mystery begins with a door. What is it about the door which causes people to die? Is it supernatural, or completely natural? Inspector Felse believes the latter and sets out with his competent subordinates to find the answer.I enjoyed this book. The secondary characters were so interesting I would enjoy reading more about them. The mystery was simple for me to solve, but the story and the events were compelling and kept me reading late into the night when I should have been in bed.
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