The Writers of Wales Database

TROW, M J

You can contact M J Trow through his publishers, Allison & Busby on: 0207 580 1080

Meirion James Trow was born in 1949 in Ferndale, South Wales. His parents moved to the Pennines and again to Bubbenhall in Warwickshire. He went to Warwick School from 1961 to 1968. In 1968 he went to King’s College, London, to read history. After graduation he spent a year at Jesus College, Cambridge and married in 1973. Meirion has written various novels in the Peter "Mad Max" Maxwell series and the Inspector Sholto Lestrade series, as well as numerous non–fiction books. He has lived on the Isle of Wight since 1976 and has recently retired as a History teacher. Meirion is a Member of Academi.

Selected Publications:
The Wigwam Murder (Constable, 1994)

Inspector Sholto Lestrade Series:
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (Macmillan, 1985)
The Supreme Adventure of Inspector Lestrade (Stein & Day, 1985)
Brigade: The Further Adventures of Lestrade (Macmillan, 1986)
Lestrade and the Haunted House (Macmillan, 1987)
Lestrade and the Leviathon (Macmillan, 1987)
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (Macmillan, 1988)
Lestrade and the Ripper (Macmillan, 1988)
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (Constable, 1990)
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (Constable, 1990)
Constable Crime Omnibus: v. 2 (Constable, 1991)
Lestrade and the Magpie (Constable, 1991)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (Constable, 1991)
Lestrade and the Dead Man’s Hand (Constable, 1992)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (Constable, 1992)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (Constable, 1993)
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (Constable, 1993)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (Constable, 1995)
Lestrade and the Devil’s Own (Constable and Robinson, 1996)
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (Regnery Publishing, 1999)
  
Peter Maxwell Mysteries Series:
Maxwell’s House (Constable, 1994)
Maxwell’s Flame (Constable, 1995)
Maxwell’s Movie (Constable, 1998)
Maxwell’s War (Hodder & Stoughton, 1999)
Maxwell’s Curse (Hodder & Stoughton, 2000)
Maxwell’s Ride (Hodder & Stoughton, 2000)
Maxwell’s Reunion (Hodder & Stoughton, 2001)
Maxwell’s Match (Allison & Busby, 2002)
Maxwell’s Inspection (Allison & Busby, 2003)
Maxwell’s Grave (Allison & Busby, 2004)
Maxwell’s Mask (Allison & Busby, 2005)
Maxwell’s Point (Allison & Busby, 2007)
Maxwell’s Chain (Allison & Busby, 2008)
Maxwell’s Revenge (Allison & Busby, 2009)
Maxwell's Retirement (Allison & Busby, 2010)

Non–fiction:
"Let Him Have It, Chris" (Constable, 1990)
The Many Faces of Jack the Ripper (Summersdale, 1997)
Who Killed Kit Marlowe?: A Contract to Murder in Elizabethan England (Sutton Publishing, 2001)
Boudicca: The Warrior Queen (Sutton Publishing, 2003)
Vlad the Impaler: In Search of the Real Dracula (Sutton, 2003)
Cnut: Emperor of the North (Sutton, 2005)
The Pocket Hercules: Captain Morris and the Charge of the Light Brigade (Pen & Sword Military, 2006)
Spartacus: The Myth and the Man (Sutton, 2006)
El Cid: The Making of a Legend (Sutton, 2007)
War Crimes: Underworld Britain in the Second World War (Pen & Sword Aviation, 2008)
Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in the Isle of Wight (Wharncliffe, 2009)
Jack the Ripper: Quest for a Killer (Wharncliffe Books, 2010)
Enemies of the State: The Cato Street Conspiracy (Wharncliffe Books, 2010)
A Brief History of Vampires (Robinson Publishing, 2010)
The Adventures of Sir Samuel White Baker: Victorian Hero (Pen & Sword Military, 2010)
The Thames Torso Murders (Wharncliffe True Crime) (Wharncliffe Books, 2011) 

Contributed to:
Hess: The British Conspiracy.: The British Conspiracy (co-writer) (Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1999)