Book 13 in the Felse series. When someone pushes a troublesome newcomer from the steeple of St. Eata's church, Superintendent George Felse is charged with sifting through a long list of suspects to catch the killer.
Amazon.com: Best known for her "Brother Cadfael" series, Ellis Peters (1913-1985) was also the author of thirteen novels featuring Inspector George Felse. Published in 1978, RAINBOW'S END is the last novel in that series. Peters typically works with contrived plots, and this novel is in some ways typical; RAINBOW repeatedly asks the reader to accept the implausible as plausible. Even so, Peters has a knack for making such plots entertaining, and this brightly written story of an unlikeable antiques dealer who plunges from a church tower is lightly written and quite entertaining. Felse makes his final appearance having been promoted to head of the Midshire C.I.D. and there are numerous brightly-written characters, most notably Barbara Rainbow and Willie-the-Twig, to round out the novel.

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My last Felse book, enjoyable reading. Now off to a wishlist.

Lovely. Thanks AF.

An enjoyable episode in the George Felse series. We didn't see a huge amount of him, young Bossie Jarvis & his friends taking most of the action.

The sleepy village of Middlehop is suddenly jerked into life by nouveau riche antiques magnate Arthur Rainbow. In a whirlwind of activity he extravagantly refurbishes the Manor House, joins the Golf Club, Angling Society and Arts Council - and, in a ruthless coup, dislodges the old church organist to take over the position himself.

But for all his reforming zeal, the Middlehope community rejects him. 'He wont do, you know', is the villagers' judgement, an opinion spearheaded by Miss de la Pole, the local aristocrat. And when Rainbow's crushed body is found in the grevyard of St Eata's church, there is very little surprise or sorrow - but much speculation as to who the murderer could be.

After all, there are so many candidates - from his young, beautiful, flirtatious wife to the usurped organist and his mutinous choir. It falls upon Superintendent George Felse, newly promoted head of the Midshire CID, to solve this most preplexing murder.

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