The Circle

Grand & Batchelor #2

M.J. Trow

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Creme de la Crime
01 March 2016

Fiction & Literature; Historical mysteries; Bargains

Series: A Grand & Batchelor Victorian Mystery

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 of the Civil War and even in death Lafayette Baker remains one of the most hated men north or south of the Potomac. The newly-created Ku Klux Klan wanted him dead. So did the Washington brothel-keepers, bar-owners and gamblers whom Baker had closed down. What does beautiful former spy Miss Belle Boyd know that she's not telling them? And could the President himself be involved? Matthew Grand finds he has come home to a mixed reception, while Batchelor struggles as an Englishman abroad. Will either of them survive long enough to uncover the truth?

By: M.J. Trow
Imprint: Creme de la Crime
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: First World Publication
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 141mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 425g
ISBN: 9781780290836
ISBN 10: 1780290837
Series: A Grand & Batchelor Victorian Mystery
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 March 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

M J Trow is a military historian by training and the author of the long-running Inspector Lestrade and 'Mad Max' Maxwell detective series, as well as several non-fiction books, including Who Killed Kit Marlowe? He lives on the Isle of Wight.

Reviews for The Circle: Grand & Batchelor #2

Trow's absorbing historical will please Civil War buffs as well as readers who relish the mysteries of Will Thomas and Charles Finch Library Journal The attraction of the story-which features a disparate and often-meandering plot packed with skulduggery... the manner in which they manage their sometimes dangerous, sometimes comic, sometimes bizarre adventures Booklist