Meet Peter Maxwell: widower, film buff, golden-hearted cynic, bow-tied eccentric teacher . . . and reluctant amateur sleuth.

Peter Maxwell is delighted when an old college friend asks him to be the historical adviser on a film being made on the coast. A Napoleonic invasion on Leighford beach is just what Maxwell needs to get him through the drudgery of exam season.

But Maxwell hadn’t counted on the director being shot dead on the set.

Neither had he counted on the killer being one of his own students.

Or that Maxwell himself would give the order to fire the fatal shot.

Maxwell is convinced his student was set up. But before he can prove it, the leading actress is found stabbed. And Maxwell uncovers a chilling link to an unsolved murder twenty years before.

Using his sleuthing skills to unravel this historic case, Maxwell is certain of one thing . . .

This is one history lesson no one will forget . . .

If you love Faith Martin, Richard Osman, Ian Moore, Rob Rinder, Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, Janice Hallett, or Simon Brett, prepare to be hooked by this character-driven thrilling mystery!