MJ Trow

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Meirion James Trow (born 1949 in Ferndale in the Rhondda Valley , South Wales ) is a British writer who published under the acronym MJ Trow .

Life

Trow attended Warwick School from 1961 to 1968 after his parents moved several times because of their son's poor health. In 1968 he went to King’s College in London to study history. After graduating, he attended Jesus College in Cambridge for a year . Trow married in 1973 and moved to Havenstreet on the Isle of Wight with his wife in 1976 , where he worked for many years as a history and politics teacher at Ryde High School . His work as a writer began in 1985 with the publication of the novel "The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade". Since then, Trow has published well over 30 books, of which, however, only nine novels from the series about Inspector Lestrade have appeared in German.

Works (selection)

  • Lestrade and the Troubled Peter Murders , 1990 (The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade, 1985), takes place in 1891
  • Lestrade and the Tasmanian Wolf , 1990 (Brigade. Further Adventures of Inspector Lestrade, 1986), is set in 1894
  • Lestrade and the Hallowed House, 1987, is set in 1901
  • Lestrade and the Charms of Mata Hari , 1992 (Lestrade and the Leviathan, 1987), set in 1910
  • Lestrade and the Brother of Death, 1992, is set in 1912
  • Lestrade and Jack the Ripper , 1994 (Lestrade and the Ripper, 1988), set in 1888
  • Lestrade and the Deadly Game, 1990, is set in 1908
  • Lestrade and the Guardian Angel, 1990, is set in 1897
  • Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince, 1991, is set in 1903
  • The White Lady - A Case for Inspector Lestrade. dp Digital Publishers, Stuttgart 2018 (e-book edition)
  • The Cornwall Murders - A Case for Inspector Lestrade. dp Digital Publishers, Stuttgart 2018 (e-book edition)
  • Sherlock Holmes' coffin - A case for Inspector Lestrade. dp Digital Publishers, Stuttgart 2018 (e-book edition)
  • The death of Dr. Watson. dp Digital Publishers, Stuttgart 2018 (e-book edition)

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personal data
SURNAME Trow, MJ
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trow, Meirion James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Ferndale , Rhondda Valley , South Wales