Maxwell's War

Maxwell's War

by M . J . Trow (Author)

Synopsis

During the Whitsun half-term, Peter Maxwell agrees to act as historical adviser to a film company making a bodice-ripper on the south coast. Maxwell has a week to give the cast the vaguest resemblance to the troops ranged against Napoleon's planned invasion of 1804. Unfortunately, the director is shot dead during a skirmish on the beach. The gun that did the killing fired by one of Maxwell's ex-sixth formers earning a few bob as an extra, but it was Maxwell who gave the order to fire. 'Mad Max' must hone that razor mind of his to clear the name of his boy recruit and bring the real killer to book.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: New edition
Publisher: New English Library Ltd
Published: 19 Aug 1999

ISBN 10: 0340707577
ISBN 13: 9780340707579

Media Reviews
'An impressive mix of humour, sadness and suspense, this is gripping to the very end' -- Mail on Sunday, on MAXWELL'S MOVIE '[Trow] is a consummate plotter, not afraid to tread new ground, and his Maxwell stories exude compassion and wit in equal measure' -- Yorkshire Post on MAXWELL'S MOVIE 'A good, hard-to-solve mystery' -- Sunday Telegraph on MAXWELL'S HOUSE 'Cleverly conceived and amusingly executed, this is sterling new Trow' -- The Sunday Times on MAXWELL'S HOUSE.
Author Bio
M J Trow as educated at Warwick, London and Cambridge. He is now a teacher of history. Besides the Maxwell series, M J Trow is the author of sixteen Inspector Lestrade crime novels and the non-fiction bestseller on the murder of Derek Bentley, Let Him Have It, Chris.