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Maxwell's Chain - M.J. Trow

Description: ISBN 0749080442 / Genre: Fiction / Author: M.J. Trow / Hardcover / 288 Pages / Book is published 2008-03-24 by Allison & Busby

Newest Review: ... turning point came with the following section, where Max is talking to what the reader initially presumes is a student: ... more

... '"Jones! Take that stupid hood off. Stand up straight. Don't run. And why aren't you teaching Nine Zed?" He tutted. Maths teachers might be hard to find, but really! There surely was a limit.' It might be silly, but it put a smile on my face and I thought about it for some time after finishing the book. I was dubious about the idea of a local school teacher turning private detective extraordinaire. But stranger things have happened - little old ladies seem to solve mysteries right left and centre after all. W...more

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Maxwell's Chain - M.J. Trow: The schoolmaster and the policewoman (724 words)
by - written on 07/07/08 (Very useful, 123 readings)
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Peter 'Mad Max' Maxwell, head of sixth form at the local high school, is the bane of DCI Henry Hall's existence. Maxwell is about to upset him even more, when he and a local photographer find the body of a dead woman on the beach. When another body is found a few days later, links are made between the two deaths. Yet there is no obvious suspect - at least not one that doesn't have an alibi. Can Maxwell and his partner, DS Jacquie Carpenter, solve the mystery before more people die? And will Henry Hall let him investigate in peace? I enjoy many types of crime fiction, and although I generally prefer it to be dark and gritty, I don't mind the occasional ... Read the complete review