M.J. Trow

The Supreme Adventure of Inspector Lestrade

In this witty, original, and often hilarious book, Inspector Lestrade, that ferretlike, bumbling anti-hero, so often scorned and outdetected by the le...

Dark Entry

'Trow's mystery offers an eye-opening and seemingly authentic look at sixteenth-century university life in England. Recommend this novel to fans of Ph...

The Ring

A grisly discovery fished out of the River Thames marks the start of an intriguing new case for private detectives Grand & Batchelor. September, 1873....

Secret World

Christopher Marlowe tackles his most baffling case yet. June, 1589. Now a feted poet and playwright, Kit Marlowe is visiting his family in Canterbury....

All Hallow's Eve

‘Tell me a story, Kit...’ It’s All Hallows’ Eve and Kit Marlowe’s evening is disrupted by the call of an ethereal voice, requesting a tale f...

Black Death

As plague stalks the streets of 16th century London, Christopher Marlowe is drawn into a baffling murder investigation where nothing is as it first ap...

The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade

Book four in the Inspector Lestrade series. It is 1891 and London is still reeling from the horror of the unsolved Ripper murders when Inspector Lestr...

The Island

The wedding of Matthew Grand's sister is marred by cold-blooded murder in the intriguing new Grand & Batchelor Victorian mystery. March, 1873. Private...

Cnut

Emperor of the North

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Silent Court

Second in the thrilling new Kit Marlowe historical mystery series November, 1583. Desperate not to let the Netherlands fall into the hands of Catholic...

Brigade

The Further Adventures of Inspector Lestrade

There is a new broom at Scotland Yard: Assistant Commissioner Nimrod Frost. His first 'little job' for Lestrade is to investigate the reported appeara...

Breaking the Circle

Turn-of-the-century archaeologist-sleuth Margaret Murray returns for the second in her captivating historical mystery series. 'Famous Sensitive Found ...

The Wigwam Murder

A Forensic Investigation in WW2 Britain

Nobody expected a corpse in the tranquil Surrey countryside near Godalming, even though there was a war on and tanks churned the soil on maneuvers. Th...

Last Nocturne

Private detectives Grand & Batchelor's latest case draws them into the arcane world of high art and high society in this compelling Victorian mystery....

Queen's Progress

As advance guard for the Queen’s Progress, Christopher Marlowe tackles murder and intrigue within some of England’s grandest stately homes. May, 1...

The Thames Torso Murders

The author of Jack the Ripper: Quest for a Killer examines a different series of grisly unsolved murders in Victorian-era London. Dismembered corpses ...

The Black Hills

Private detectives Grand & Batchelor embark for the Wild West - and headlong into a baffling murder investigation in this gripping Victorian mystery. ...

The Blue and the Grey

Introducing 19th-century private investigators Matthew Grand and James Batchelor in the first of a brand-new historical mystery series. April, 1865. H...

Spartacus

The Myth and the Man

This is a revised version of M. J. Trow's classic biography of an ancient and unforgettable hero. 'I am Spartacus' ranks among the most famous lines i...

Four Thousand Days

October, 1900. London. As an archaeologist, Dr Margaret Murray is used to examining ancient remains, but she's never before had to investigate the cir...

Reckoning

"Trow goes out on a high note with his sterling 11th and final mystery starring English playwright Kit Marlow.... Trow reinforces his place at the top...

Maxwell's Ride

Book five in the Mad Max series. Peter Maxwell is looking after his nieces for the Whit half term and against his better judgement, he takes them to a...

The Wigwam Murder

"The Wigwam Murder" - as the case against August Sangret came to be known - was one of the most brilliant pieces of detection and forensic science the...

Maxwell's House

Two mismatched men--a policeman beyond reproach and a mistrusted schoolteacher--investigate the murder of a seventeen-year-old girl...

Maxwell's Chain

Peter 'Mad Max' Maxwell is a very busy man; resisting Ofsted imperatives and marking GCSE coursework on time, as well as cramming as much History as p...

Interpreting the Ripper Letters

Missed Clues and Reflections on Victorian Society

This true crime history examines the media frenzy surrounding Jack the Ripper—and what the so-called Ripper Letters reveal about Victorian society. ...

Who Killed Kit Marlowe?: A Contract to Murder in Elizabethan England

Kit Marlowe was the bad boy of Elizabethan drama. His ‘mighty line’ of iambic pentameter transformed the miracle plays of the Middle Ages into mod...

The Knight's Tale

April, 1380. About to set off on his annual pilgrimage, Geoffrey Chaucer abandons his plans when an old friend appeals for help. His former guardian h...

Witch Hammer

Christopher Marlowe investigates a possible act of witchcraft in the third of this intriguing historical mystery series - July, 1585. Desperate to pur...

The Yeoman's Tale

Poet-sleuth Geoffrey Chaucer is caught up in the chaos of the Peasants' Revolt as he attempts to track down a brutal killer. June, 1381. Embarking on ...

Lestrade and the Brother of Death

Book thirteen in the Inspector Lestrade series. ‘I cannot sing the old songs I sang long years ago, For heart and voice would fail me And foolish te...

Hess

The British Conspiracy

On May 10th 1941, Rudolf Hess took off from an Augsberg airfield in a Messerschmidt headed for Scotland. This controversial book contains previously u...

Kit Marlowe Omnibus: 1&2

This entertaining Tudor mystery series features playwright Christopher Marlowe as an intriguing series sleuth. As a young Cambridge undergraduate Marl...

The World of Inspector Lestrade: Historical Companion to the Inspector Lestrade Series

Book eighteen in the Inspector Lestrade series. Many readers of the Lestrade books wonder what is fact and what is fiction – and the author is delig...

Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder

Book ten in the Inspector Lestrade series. Beyond the mountains of the moon … ‘Right, gentlemen. Recapping by numbers.’ Superintendent Lestrade,...

Lestrade and the Ripper

Book three in the Inspector Lestrade series. In the year 1888, London was horrified by a series of brutal killings. All the victims were discovered in...

Dodging the Bullet

Failed Assassinations Throughout History

Everybody remembers where they were the day John F. Kennedy died. The president’s assassination shocked the world and raised questions that have sti...

Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand

Book six in the Inspector Lestrade series. The London Underground Railway, in 1895, was described as ‘dark, deadly and halfway to Hell’. Only too ...

Brigade

Further Adventures of Inspector Lestrade

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Maxwell's Island

Having had his retirement snatched from him by malfunctioning technology, Peter 'Mad Max' Maxwell finds himself facing yet another year at Leighford H...