MAXWELL’S CURSE a thrilling murder mystery with plenty of twists (Schoolmaster Murder Mysteries)

‘Cleverly conceived and amusingly executed.’ The Sunday Times

Meet Peter Maxwell: widower, film buff, golden-hearted cynic, bow-tied eccentric teacher . . . and reluctant amateur sleuth.

It’s not every day Peter Maxwell finds a corpse on his doorstep.

Yet as the clock strikes midnight at New Year, the doorbell rings and there lies the frozen body of Elizabeth Pride, an elderly recluse . . . and a known witch.

Elizabeth is stiff and covered in frost with a stab wound to the neck. But more bizarre . . . the killer clearly wanted Maxwell to find her.

The police have no leads and no murder weapon. Only rumours of curses and strange happenings in Leighford.

History teacher Maxwell knows witchcraft is firmly in the past. But this killer is very much in the present. And in Leighford.

As more bodies begin to mount up, Maxwell soon realises he is dealing with something much darker than witchcraft . . .

A calculating killer with a plan. And they aren’t finished yet . . .

If you love Faith Martin, Richard Osman, Ian Moore, Rob Rinder, Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, Janice Hallett, M.C. Beaton or Simon Brett, prepare to be hooked by this character-driven thrilling mystery!

Praise for Maxwell’s Curse:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Brilliant as always.’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘One of the best Trow books with a surprise conclusion’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Brilliant book’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Five Stars’

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!