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As part of a two-week staff exchange scheme, Peter 'Mad Max' Maxwell is swapping the delights of Leighford High for the altogether more sophisticated charms of local private school. Grimonds. This is a school where the teachers wear gowns, a school with inter-house rugby, debating societies and fencing lessons. It's a far cry from his familiar comprehensive -- Grimonds is steeped in tradition and dripping with money. But within a day of stepping through the imposing school gates. Maxwell has yet again .stumbled upon an unnatural death.
One of the Housemasters has fallen from the school roof — but did he jump or was he pushed? Two days later another teacher is found floating in the lake and this time it's definitely murder. As the pack of journalists at the gates grows and parents start removing their children from the school, the Headmaster has his work cut out to protect Grimonds" reputation. And when DS Jacquie Carpenter, Maxwell's girlfriend, gets assigned to the case he finds himself caught up in a complex police investigation and a tangled web of secrets.
book reviews
- Good Book Guide
Trow has the reader chuckling while tussling over the intricacies of his dexterous plotting. Tragic and humorous by turns, the Maxwell novels are packed with dry wit and keep the readers guessing to the last page. - Yorkshire Post
No one, no one at all, writes quite like Trow. He has made the school mystery story his own with his witty, erudite Maxwell series. Trow’s always in tight control of the complex plot and Maxwell sails through his adversaries in wonderful style. - Lancashire Evening Post
Trow’s intricate tale is laced with ironic humour and a surprising touch of pathos. - Oxford Times
"...Trow has certainly captured the market in school murder mysteries."
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