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Inspector Felse Books in Order

Inspector Felse contains 13 books, published between 1951 and 1978. The first book is Fallen Into the Pit (1951) and the newest is Rainbow's End (1978). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1951–1978
Confirmed
13 of 13 titles
Pages on record
2,641 in 12 of 13 books
Reading time
44–66 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,641 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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Inspector Felse is a traditional English detective series of 13 books published between 1951 and 1978. The books feature Inspector George Felse, with Dominic Felse and Tossa Terrell also named in the subjects. Credits split between Edith Pargeter on 7 books and Ellis Peters on 6. Fallen Into the Pit (1951) comes first, Death and the Joyful Woman followed in 1961, and Rainbow's End (1978) is the last.

How many Inspector Felse books are there?

Inspector Felse has 13 books, released between 1951 and 1978.

Inspector Felse Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Inspector Felse books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Fallen Into the Pit by Edith Pargeter, book 1 of the Inspector Felse series (1951)
  2. Cover of Death and the Joyful Woman by Ellis Peters, book 2 of the Inspector Felse series (1961)
  3. Cover of Flight of a Witch by Ellis Peters, book 3 of the Inspector Felse series (1964)
  4. Cover of A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs by Ellis Peters, book 4 of the Inspector Felse series (1965)
  5. Cover of The Piper on the Mountain by Edith Pargeter, book 5 of the Inspector Felse series (1966)
  6. Cover of The Grass Widow's Tale by Ellis Peters, book 7 of the Inspector Felse series (1968)
  7. Cover of The House of Green Turf by Ellis Peters, book 8 of the Inspector Felse series (1969)
  8. Cover of Mourning Raga by Edith Pargeter, book 9 of the Inspector Felse series (1969)
  9. Cover of The Knocker on Death's Door by Edith Pargeter, book 10 of the Inspector Felse series (1970)
  1. 1
    Fallen Into the Pit1951 · 336 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1951336
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  2. 2
    Death and the Joyful Woman1961 · 218 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1961218
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  3. 3
    Flight of a Witch1964 · 232 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1964232
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  4. 4
    A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs1965 · 196 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1965196
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  5. 5
    The Piper on the Mountain1966 · confirmed 4/4
    1966–
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  6. 6
    Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Heart1967 · 220 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1967220
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  7. 7
    The Grass Widow's Tale1968 · 192 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1968192
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  8. 8
    The House of Green Turf1969 · 192 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1969192
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  9. 9
    Mourning Raga1969 · 192 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1969192
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  10. 10
    The Knocker on Death's Door1970 · 192 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1970192
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  11. 11
    Death to the Landlords1972 · 221 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1972221
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  12. 12
    City of Gold and Shadows1973 · 248 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1973248
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  13. 13
    Rainbow's End1978 · 202 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1978202
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Do you have to read Inspector Felse books in order?

You should read the Inspector Felse books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Inspector Felse book also stands alone.

Where to start with Inspector Felse

Start with Fallen Into the Pit (1951), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Inspector Felse book?

Rainbow's End (1978) is the newest Inspector Felse book released so far.

Is there a new Inspector Felse book coming?

No next Inspector Felse book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Inspector Felse has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Inspector Felse. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Inspector Felse at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Inspector Felse title on record dates from 1978, 48 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Inspector Felse books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,641 pages across the 12 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 210 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Inspector Felse books, 8 of 13, were published in the 1960s.
Corroboration
13 of the 13 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
Attribution
Of the 13 titles, 7 are credited to Edith Pargeter and 6 to Ellis Peters.

What the Inspector Felse books are about

All 13 Inspector Felse books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: felse, george (fictitious character) is tagged on 13 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Characters in the Inspector Felse books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.