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{{short description|British author|bot=PearBOT 5}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}Martin Davies (born 196catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb156489124 (in French)) 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.JOURNAL, The Conjuror’s Bird, by Martin Davies, The Independent, 10 November 2005, Jane, Jakeman,www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-conjurors-bird-by-martin-davies-514710.html, 2011-02-12, {{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}NEWS, Castleton, Sarah, Love, loss and taxidermy,www.theguardian.com/books/2006/jan/29/features.review4, 16 June 2015, The Guardian, 28 January 2006, WEB, Boreham, Ian, The Conjurer’s Bird,www.captaincooksociety.com/remembering-cook/books/book-reviews/the-conjuror-s-bird-davies-martin-2005, captaincooksociety.com, Captain Cook Society, 16 June 2015, 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),{{citation | last=Drew | first=Bernard A. | year=2009 | title=Literary afterlife: the posthumous continuations of 325 authors’ fictional characters | publisher=McFarland | isbn=978-0-7864-4179-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c91Vrl20Y4sC | page=112 }} and Mrs. Hudson and the Christmas Canary (2022).In 2015, his espionage thriller Havana Sleeping was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award.WEB,thecwa.co.uk/havana-sleeping/, The Crime Writers’ Association, thecwa.co.uk, 2016-03-22,

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External links

• Martin Davies Profile at Hodder & Stoughton

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