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.
"""Good fun, gentle humor, historic detail, plenty of twists, and a likable pair of heroes make this a book well worth reading"" Booklist ""More successful is Trow's arch and witty tone and a plunge into the delightfully cutthroat publishing scene of Victorian London, where all loudly mourn Dickens while privately saying that the unfinished The Mystery of Edwin Drood definitely wasn't his best."" Publishers Weekly ""This will attract devotees of Ed Gorman's series featuring Civil War-era Secret Service Agent Dev Mallory as well as fans of Michael Kilian's ""Harrison Raines"" mysteries"" Library Journal"