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Martin Davies

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Martin Davies is a British author. He has written four novels about Sherlock Holmes' housekeeper and four other novels, including one about Joseph Banks and the Mysterious Bird of Ulieta, entitled The Conjuror's Bird, all of which have been published.

Martin Davies grew up in North West England. All his writing is done in cafes, on buses or on tube trains, and an aversion to laptops means that he always works in longhand. He has travelled widely, including in the Middle East and India, and substantial parts of THE UNICORN ROAD were written while travelling through Sicily. He works as a consultant in the broadcasting i ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 6,916 ratings · 795 reviews · 58 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Conjurer's Bird 3.68 avg rating — 2,003 ratings — published 2005 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (A Sherlock Holmes & Mrs Hudson Mystery #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,533 ratings — published 2004 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (A Sherlock Holmes & Mrs Hudson Mystery #2) 4.12 avg rating — 753 ratings — published 2005 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs Hudson and the Lazarus Testament (A Sherlock Holmes & Mrs Hudson Mystery #3) 4.20 avg rating — 655 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs Hudson and The Christmas Canary (Holmes & Hudson #6) 4.38 avg rating — 455 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs Hudson and the Blue Daisy Affair (A Sherlock Holmes & Mrs Hudson Mystery #5) 4.27 avg rating — 377 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs Hudson and the Samarkand Conspiracy (A Sherlock Holmes & Mrs Hudson Mystery #4) 4.42 avg rating — 338 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year After 3.73 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 2011 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unicorn Road 3.62 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs Hudson and the Capricorn Incident (Holmes & Hudson #7) 4.24 avg rating — 171 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The fish are always selling well. They are the only one of God’s creatures that never disappoints.”
― Martin Davies, Havana Sleeping

tags: fish, god-s-creation

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“Lestrade and his men, Watson? I made the mistake of trusting them before. I have no intention of doing so again.”
― Martin Davies, Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose

tags: misplaced-trust, police, sherlock-holmes, sherlock-holmes-and-mrs-hudson

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“It was a night that seemed to know no dawn.”
― Martin Davies, Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse

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