Martin Davies (born 1965[1]) is a British author. His works include Havana Sleeping (2014), The Year After (2011), The Unicorn Road (2009), and The Conjuror's Bird (2005), a book about Joseph Banks and the Mysterious Bird of Ulieta.[2][3][4] He is also the author of six mystery novels about Sherlock Holmes' housekeeper Mrs. Hudson including: Mrs. Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (2004), Mrs. Hudson and the Malabar Rose (2005),[5] and Mrs. Hudson and the Christmas Canary (2022).
In 2015, his espionage thriller Havana Sleeping was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award.[6]
References
edit- ^ http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb156489124 (in French)
- ^ Jakeman, Jane (10 November 2005). "The Conjuror's Bird, by Martin Davies". The Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2011.[dead link]
- ^ Castleton, Sarah (28 January 2006). "Love, loss and taxidermy". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ Boreham, Ian. "The Conjurer's Bird". captaincooksociety.com. Captain Cook Society. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ Drew, Bernard A. (2009), Literary afterlife: the posthumous continuations of 325 authors' fictional characters, McFarland, p. 112, ISBN 978-0-7864-4179-2
- ^ "The Crime Writers' Association". thecwa.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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