Martin Davies (born 1965[1]) is a British author. His most recent work includes Havana Sleeping (2014), The Year After (2011), The Unicorn Road (2009),and a book about Joseph Banks and the Mysterious Bird of Ulieta, entitled The Conjuror's Bird (2005).[2][3][4] He is also the author of three mystery novels about Sherlock Holmes' housekeeper Mrs. Hudson: Mrs. Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (2004), Mrs. Hudson and the Malabar Rose (2005),[5] and Mrs. Hudson and the Lazarus Testament (2015).

In 2015, his espionage thriller Havana Sleeping was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb156489124 (in French)
  2. ↑ Jakeman, Jane (10 November 2005). "The Conjuror's Bird, by Martin Davies". The Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  3. ↑ Castleton, Sarah (28 January 2006). "Love, loss and taxidermy". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Boreham, Ian. "The Conjurer's Bird". captaincooksociety.com. Captain Cook Society. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Drew, Bernard A. (2009), Literary afterlife: the posthumous continuations of 325 authors' fictional characters, McFarland, p. 112, ISBN 978-0-7864-4179-2
  6. ↑ "The Crime Writers' Association". thecwa.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2016.


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