Maxwell's crossing
By: by M.J. Trow
Edition: [Large print edition].
Series: Peter Maxwell mystery -- 17
Publisher: Magna Large Print Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Long Preston, North Yorkshire, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9780750536998
Subjects: Peter Maxwell (Fictitious character); Fiction; Teachers
Description: At Leighford High, the ever-resourceful Peter 'Mad Max' Maxwell is temporarily promoted to Head of History when his colleague Paul Moss is chosen for an American exchange and heads off to Los Angeles. Paul's counterpart is Hector Gold, who is accompanied to Leighford by his eccentric family including his wife Camille and her parents, Jeff and Alana O'Malley. Clearly Jeff O'Malley is quite a character - with money to burn he has been gate-crashing the local poker school, much to the dismay of its members. When events take a sinister turn and Sarah Gregson, one of the poker school's members, is found murdered, newly-promoted Inspector Jacquie Carpenter Maxwell and Henry Hall investigate, with the assistance of Maxwell. As it becomes apparent Sarah suspected Jeff of cheating and Jeff was sacked in LA for being a crooked cop, is this simply a case of murder as revenge for name-calling? Being quite the expert in solving murders, Maxwell believes there is more to it.
Notes: Standard print edition originally published: London : Allison & Busby, 2012.