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Death to the Landlords (The Felse Investigations) Kindle Edition

by Ellis Peters (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 188 ratings
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While on vacation in India, Dominic Felse investigates the violent deaths of two landowners

Landlords are never popular, and there is little mourning when the greedy, ruthless Mahendralal Bakhle is blown up on his boat on the beautiful Periyar Lake. Suspicion falls on the boat-boy who died with him, but Dominic Felse, one of a party of young tourists visiting the landlord’s game reserve, is not convinced of the boy’s guilt. And when the party moves on to the next destination, the terror pursues all the way to the southernmost tip of India.

The police blame local terrorists targeting wealthy landlords, but what would that have to do with a group of innocent travelers? To get to the bottom of this trail of violence, Dominic Felse must unravel a deadly Indian rope trick of hatred and murder.
 
Death to the Landlords is the 11th book in the Felse Investigations, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
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    The Felse Investigations
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    MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
  6. Publication date
    December 22, 2015
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B017X19U3Q
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ MysteriousPress.com/Open Road (December 22, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 22, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 9200 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 291 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 188 ratings

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Ellis Peters

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Edith Mary Pargeter, OBE, BEM (28 September 1913 – 14 October 1995), also known by her nom de plume Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics; she is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern. She is well known for her medieval-detective series The Cadfael Chronicles.

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Lee M
5.0 out of 5 stars Ellis Peters is full of surprises
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2012
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Ellis Peters, aka Edith Pargarter, is probably best known for Brother Cadfael. She wrote several other books, some historical fiction (though very accurate to history) and some contemporary to the time it was written. One such contemporary series (now somewhat dated) is the Inspector George Felse series from the late 1960s and early 1970s.

This book belongs to the Inspector George Felse series, except that Dominic, George Felse's son, is the protagonist. The book comes after Mourning Raga in the series, where Tossa, Dom's fiance and he first come to India. I don't recall specifically whether Dom stayed in India, while Tossa returned to England for her studies, or whether they left India together and Dom returned alone, or even if the book addresses this. In any case, the book is set in India, Dom is working with the Swami from Mourning Raga. There is a bomb-blast set by terrorists that kills two people while Dominic is nearby with some newly acquired acquaintances. All of his new acquaintances become suspect, and Dom, of course, is trying to figure out friend from foe when a second bomb blast occurs, killing one of their number.

The book is pure Ellis Peters, acknowledging the humanity of the characters, the beauty of the scenery and the surprising generosity and kindness of fellow humans in the midst of a murder mystery. There is a surprise in the ending that I suspect most will not have figured out.

Fans of Brother Cadfael will definitely want to get acquainted with George Felse and his family.
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Elizabeth Cogswell
4.0 out of 5 stars and she gives a good feel for India and evokes the mind of a ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2017
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Ellis Peters here invokes the mysteries of India without making it very sappy. Dominque Felse is our central person in this book, and she gives a good feel for India and evokes the mind of a terrorist, of all sorts. good story, interesting ending
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Joan Dee Sizemore
5.0 out of 5 stars Great mystery!
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2018
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When three young men traveling through India come upon a murder, a landowner’s bombed boat, life changes. The killer appears to be following them and they must find out who the bomber is before he succeeds in striking again.
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Kathryn Burton
5.0 out of 5 stars Peters never fails
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2013
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Ellis Peters unfailingly provides a great mystery, character studies, and beautiful writing. She enobles the human condition without being sentimental. Quite a change in location from her usual haunts, she makes India equally accessible and real. I read and re-read her works over and over again.
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Marcia C.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2018
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Tawni
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Mystery
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2023
Great installment in the series that kept surprising all the way to the very end.
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Nina M. Osier
4.0 out of 5 stars A fine outing in the Felse series, although it could have used a dose of Tossa
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2013
Dominic Felse, recent Oxford graduate, has come to India to work while his fiance finishes her own Oxford degree. He is taking time off to travel, in the company of an American who needed a traveling companion (whom he only met when they began their trip), to the Indian Ocean; and he's amused, at least to some degree, by discovering that wherever he and Larry go the same two couples also keep turning up. One is an Indian couple accompanied by a browbeaten servant, and the other is an elderly French pair who travel in neat self-sufficiency. One night as they near their destination, they strike up an acquaintance with two young women who are also traveling in company for both safety and the sharing of expenses. One young woman is an Indian nurse, the other an English teacher on terminal leave from an Indian school. While the foursome is sharing a boat tour of a game reserve, they come upon the remains of a bombed launch whose owner lies dead and whose "boat-boy" lies gravely injured. It's terrorism, the Indian police believe. Violence directed against India's vastly wealthy landlords, by a well organized group whose members don't mind causing collateral damage. Who, for that matter, will kill themselves if necessary in order to carry out their objectives.

Patti Galway, the English teacher, invites herself and her companion to join Dominic and Larry in visiting a young landlord who only recently inherited his family's holdings. Patti says she feels safer staying with the two men until she and Priya can reach their own destination, Priya's home. Violence follows them - both to the young landlord's estate, and to their next stop beyond that. Who is behind this, and how are they tracking the young people's movements so accurately? And why does the presence of an Indian nurse and three foreigners stir up such violence, anyway?

I agree with the other reviewer who says that this book suffers from a lack of Tossa, Dominic's fiance. However, it is a good read just the same. I didn't guess the plot twists leading to the outcome (at least not all of them), and the story made sense within its time and place. A fine outing in the Felse series, which began with Dominic's father, now a Chief Inspector back in England.

--Reviewed by Nina M. Osier, author of 2005 science fiction EPPIE winner "Regs"
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Sam White
3.0 out of 5 stars Musty Smell
Reviewed in Canada on March 15, 2023
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The book smells as if it has been stored in an airless place for a long time and was previously used by someone who smokes. Despite many attempts, I cannot reduce the smell to the point where I can comfortably read the book. I'm giving three stars because the seller shipped early and packaged it securely.
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Sara McCREA
5.0 out of 5 stars Death to the Landlords by Ellis Peters
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2017
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Set in India re a fanatical group (Naxalites) anti rich and cruel landlords misusing their workers. Another excellent plot of the Felse investigations mostly about the son, Dominic. Wonderful character portrayal, especially the Swami, beautifully developed.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Story
Reviewed in Canada on May 27, 2017
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Suspenseful right to the very end. A little history as well on India. Good reading! Somewhat
Close to Agatha Christie mysteries.
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