Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus

'And death shall come on soft wings to him that touches the tomb of the Pharaoh ..."

The wings that retired Chief Superintendent Lestrade came on were those of a deHavilland Hercules, named Olivia. The archaeologist, Howard Carter, had made the discovery of the century in the Valley of the Kings, but all around him, men were dying: Lord Carnarvon, careless with his razor, fell prey to a mosquito bite; Alain Le Clerk left the tomb in a hurry to die alone in the desert; Aaron G String, the railway magnate, Mew his brains out yards from the tomb's entrance.

And so it was that Sholto Lestrade flew East to solve a riddle every bit as impenetrable as that of the Sphinx. People remarked on the funny old Gizeh, in his bowler and Donegal, battling the elements against sand, revolting Egyptians and the Curse of the Pharaohs ... But could he avoid the Kiss of Horus? With unflagging ingenuity and with more twists to the plot than a temple snake, Trow fuels his hectic tale with dubious jokes and affectionate puns — the result, another joy for Lestrade fans.

Book Author

Mei-trow M .J.Trow bills himself in many of his books as the only Welshman who cannot sing or play rugby. A military historian by training, graduating from King’s College, London and Cambridge, he has spent most years of his life at the chalk face of comprehensive schools which has given him the inspiration for his latest fictional detective Peter ‘Mad Max’ Maxwell. The first detective series appeared in 1985 in the form of Inspector Lestrade, late of the Conan Doyle canon and after sixteen hilarious, bloody and intriguing outings, the world’s second greatest detective hung ...
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Book Reviews

  • Oxford Times
    "A wickedly funny treat."
  • Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News
    "A wildly entertaining narrative... MJ Trow proves emphatically that crime and comedy can mix."
  • Yorkshire Post
    "Good enough to make a grown man weep."
  • Oxford Times
    "A good old murder mystery comes from M. J. Trow in Maxwell's Inspection … Plenty of humour as well as a rollicking good story."