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BELINDA SAYS, 'HELLO'.
HAZEL WHITBY TELLS YOU ALL !
MARK SALLINGER IS VOCAL ABOUT THE MURDER
About Author/Filmmaker BRIAN KAVANAGH A.S.E.
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Fair Dinkum Crime. Reviews, news, interviews relating to Australian crime fiction which includes books written by Australian authors or set in Australia. An interview with Brian Kavanagh. Click here.

'I like most crime fiction, but the sub-genre of the 'cosy' is just about my favourite. Brian Kavanagh has become an adept at this type of novel, and the fact that he uses the same characters, so that we see their personal stories and their relationships develop, really adds something.

Of course Brian is also adept at weaving in history. So far he's dealt with myseries involving Capability Brown, the Bayeux Tapestry and now the murder of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.

As usual, "A Canterbury Crime" kicks off with the Odd Couple of Belinda Lawrence and Hazel Whitby getting involved thru their antiques business. They are valuing the late Prof de Grey's household contents when almost at once there's a hint that de Grey's "heart attack" death might have been something more sinister. From there the story is off and running, as the cleverly dropped clues lead Belinda and Hazel to unravel a callous murder. Woven thru the crime part of the story is Belinda's love affair with the gorgeous Mark Sallinger, who's now a baronet, proposing formally to Belinda. But she's still got her old boyfriend Brad back in Australia... The author is not letting go of that sub-plot in a hurry.

I'm pretty good at spotting whodunnit in crime novels, but I didn't in this one. And when for various tedious reasons I had to put the book aside for 2 days I was furious not to be able to get on with it. For me it ended too suddenly, so I'll have to wait for the next one to get my fix.

But what a TV series this'd make, with the contrasting main characters, and the clever, historically based plots and the weirdness of the people who come and go, and may or may not turn out to be the murderer. I once told Caroline Graham her books'd make a great series, and now they are "Midsomer Murders", so let's hope Kavanagh has the same luck. A damn good read.'

Meredith Whitford author of Shakespeare's Will.

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CRIME FICTION ALPHABET: K IS KAVANAGH, BRIAN

"Kavanagh managed to do what MC Beaton, does so well, incorporate humor within the confines of a credible mystery." - Mary Lynn, author of 'Dear Cari' MyShelf.com

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"Yes, Capable of Murder does seem a simple murder mystery, but its all in the telling and Mr. Kavanagh does a wonderful job at telling it." THE MUSE BOOK REVIEW OF CAPABLE OF MURDER.

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"Another aspect of Mr. Kavanaghs writing is the historical knowledge he peppers throughout the story. Never does this information dampen the telling, it only enhances the thrill of the solving." THE MUSE REVIEW OF THE EMBROIDERED CORPSE.

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"For those who like an old-fashioned British mystery, rife with night scenes on the Thames, a Jacobean mansion, quirky, entertaining characters and a cutting wit, Bloody Ham is for you."

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Brian Kavanagh is a very talented writer who has written an even more tautly plotted tale than his last crime mystery. The story is totally unpredictable and never loses the reader's rapt attention. Brenda and Hazel are witty, irksome, sharp, and pleasure-loving characters who are the perfect detectives barely managing to elude disaster by the most dire, unsavory criminals imaginable!A best seller, for sure! CRYSTAL BOOK REVIEWS

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