M. J Trow
1) The island
Author
Series
Grand and Batchelor volume 4
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
218 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"1873. Matthew Grand and James Batchelor have arrived at Matthew's grand family home in Maine for the wedding of his sister Martha. But preparations are thrown into chaos when a body is discovered in an upstairs bedroom. And that's not the only skeleton in the family closet"--Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Grand and Batchelor volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Intrepid 19th-century private investigators American Matthew Grand and Englishman James Batchelor return in their second mystery. July, 1868. On receiving a commission from Matthew's cousin Luther to look into the suspicious death of Lafayette Baker, Head of the US National Detective Police, private investigators Matthew Grand and his business partner James Batchelor leave London for Washington DC. They find a country still scarred by the bitter legacy...
Author
Publisher
Creme de la Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First world edition
Physical Desc
220 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"June 1870. The world-famous author Charles Dickens has been found dead in his summerhouse where he had been hard at work on his final, unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Did he die of natural causes -- or is there something more sinister behind his sudden demise? George Sala, Dickens' biographer, is convinced his friend was murdered -- and he has hired private investigators Matthew Grand and James Batchelor to prove it. Could Dickens'...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cráeme de la Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
220 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
April, 1865. Having been an eye witness to the assassination of President Lincoln, Matthew Grand, a former captain of the 3rd Cavalry of the Potomac, has come to London on an undercover assignment to hunt down the last of the assassin's co-conspirators. Ambitious young journalist Jim Batchelor has been charged with writing a feature article on the visiting American, with the aim of getting the inside story on the assassination. Both men are distracted...
Author
Series
Kit Marlowe volume 9
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
219 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
1591. The Queen is embarking on a Royal Progress, visiting some of the grandest homes in England, and Kit Marlowe has been sent on ahead to ensure all goes smoothly. When his reconnaissance mission is derailed by a series of alarming and tragic incidents, Marlowe suspects there's a conspiracy to sabotage the Progress. Who is pulling the strings - and why?
Author
Series
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
218 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Marlowe October, 1586. The queen's spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham has dispatched Kit Marlowe to the English College in Rheims where he suspects the Catholic traitor Matthew Baxter is hiding. Infiltrating the College undercover, Marlowe learns that the community has been rocked by a series of unexplained and violent deaths. With the help of master codebreaker Thomas Phelippes, Marlowe must unearth a murderer, track down a traitor, and extract himself...
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
219 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Introducing 14th century poet Geoffrey Chaucer as a memorable new amateur sleuth in the first of an ingeniously-conceived medieval mystery series... April, 1380. About to set off on his annual pilgrimage, Comptroller of the King's Woollens and court poet Geoffrey Chaucer is forced to abandon his plans following an appeal for help from an old friend. The Duke of Clarence, Chaucer's former guardian, has been found dead in his bed at his Suffolk castle,...
Author
Series
Grand and Batchelor volume 6
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"March, 1875. Although he has never had much time for George Custer, hero of the American Civil War and Commander of the 7th Cavalry, Matthew Grand feels duty bound to respond to a call for help from his West Point contemporary. Arriving at Fort Abraham Lincoln, deep in Dakota territory, private enquiry agents Grand and Batchelor discover the fort to be a powder keg of rumour and suspicion, petty rivalries, resentments - and closely-guarded secrets....
9) Crimson rose
Author
Series
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
220 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
March, 1587. Christopher Marlowe's play Tamburlaine has opened at the Rose Theatre, and a new era on the London stage is born. Yet the play is almost shut down on its opening night. For a member of hr audience, Eleanor Merchant, lies dead, hit by a musket ball fired from the stage. The man with his finger on the trigger? A bit-part player named Will Shakespeare. Convinced of Shakespeare's innocence, Marlowe determines to find out what really happened....
10) Dark entry
Author
Series
Publisher
Creme De La Crime
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st world ed.
Physical Desc
220 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cambridge, 1583. When one of his friends is discovered dead in his King's College room, mouth open in a silent, black-edged scream, Marlowe refuses to accept the official verdict of suicide.
Author
Series
Geoffrey Chaucer mystery volume 2
Publisher
Severn House, an imprint of Canongate Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
220 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"June, 1381. Embarking on his annual pilgrimage to Canterbury, Geoffrey Chaucer and his fellow travellers are forced to turn back when confronted with a horde of armed and angry peasants, intent on marching to London. Returning to the city to warn the authorities of the approaching danger, the pilgrims hole up at the Tabard Inn and prepare for the coming invasion. That same night, a woman's body is fished out of the River Thames, her throat cut. When...
Author
Series
Margaret Murray mystery volume 2
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Dr Margaret Murray, accomplished archaeologist, and occasional sleuth, calls upon her police connections to investigate who may want to see the Edwardian mediums of London dead. Known for her sharp mind and quick wit, Margaret decides to infiltrate one of the spiritualists circles to narrow down the list of suspects. But soon the killer has Margaret in their sights! Can she capture the culprit and avoid passing beyond the veil?" --
13) Traitor's storm
Author
Series
Publisher
Crème de la Crime, an imprint of Severn House Publishers, LTD
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
220 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"May, 1588. With Elizabeth Is court rocked by stories of an imminent invasion and one of his key undercover agents missing, Sir Francis Walsingham despatches Kit Marlowe to the Isle of Wight off the south coast: the first line of defence against the approaching Spanish Armada." - Amazon
14) Secret world
Author
Series
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
220 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
June, 1589. Now a feted poet and playwright, Kit Marlowe is visiting his family in Canterbury. But it's not the happy homecoming he had hoped for. A long-standing family friend has been found dead in her bed, killed by several blows to the head. Convinced that the wrong person has been found guilty of the crime, Marlowe determines to uncover the truth.
Author
Series
Kit Marlowe volume 8
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
219 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"April, 1590. The queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, is dead, leaving a dangerous power vacuum. His former right hand man, Nicholas Faunt, believes he was poisoned and has ordered Kit Marlowe to discover who killed him. To find the answers, Marlowe must consult the leading scientists and thinkers in the country. But as he questions the members of the so-called School of Night, the playwright-turned-spy becomes convinced that at least one of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
219 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
October, 1900. University College, London. When the spreadeagled body of one of her students is discovered in her rented room shortly after attending one of her lectures, Dr Margaret Murray is disinclined to accept the official verdict of suicide and determines to find out how and why the girl really died. As an archaeologist, Dr Murray is used to examining ancient remains, but she's never before had to investigate the circumstances surrounding a...