Maxwell’s Summer

Description

An absolutely gripping cozy murder mystery with a touch of wry English humour. ‘Cleverly conceived and amusingly executed.’ The Sunday Times Meet Peter Maxwell: film buff, golden-hearted cynic, bow-tied eccentric teacher . . . and reluctant amateur sleuth. Peter Maxwell’s quiet summer break at historic Haledown House takes a sinister turn when it becomes the scene of grisly murder. Snooty aristocrat Colonel Roddy Hale-ffinch is found draped in a velvet smoking jacket, soaked in blood. His throat has been slashed, and the scene grotesquely staged to look like an animal attack. Before Maxwell can make sense of the crime, another guest is found dead, having swallowed a lethal dose of rat poison. As the body count rises Maxwell realises that the killer will stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried. Can he uncover the truth before summer’s end — or will he become the next victim? If you love Faith Martin, Richard Osman, Richard Coles, Fiona Leitch, Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, Simon Brett, Janice Hallett, M.C. Beaton or Agatha Christie, prepare to be hooked by this character-driven thrilling mystery! Praise for Maxwell’s Summer : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Excellent read, great plot and a brilliantly engaging . . . Best Maxwell book yet .’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘ O utstanding crime fiction .’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘ Maxwell at his best .’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘ O ne of the best series around .’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘First class romp in every sense of the word but as always M J Trow has blended wry humour with mystery and suspense in spades .’ Meet Peter Maxwell Peter Maxwell is a history teacher at Leighford High School. He’s loved by his students and known as ‘Mad Max’ to his friends because of his love of quoting movies. His eccentricities make him a well-known figure in the small seaside town, cycling everywhere on his bike called White Surrey — after Richard III’s horse. When not teaching history, he is building a diorama of the Charge of the Light Brigade in his attic and talking to his cat, Count Metternich, his sounding board and boss, and solves crimes the police are unable to crack. The Setting Leighford is a small seaside town on the South Coast. Its population trebles in the summer as tourists flock to holiday there. Unfortunately for Peter Maxwell some of these characters will end up dead!