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A Canterbury Crime by the brilliant Author, Brian Kavanagh really caught my attention in this fourth book in the series.
Although I had enjoyed the other three, this time the subject, location, and crime interested me right off.

There is something to be said about covers of books as well. You know that this was going to be an unique crime as the cover showed a jigsaw puzzle and it continued on the back cover. So, I figured out there was likely a sub-plot as well as the main crime.

Belinda and Hazel and Mark were back up to their usual speed. Each with their own individual styles that ends up working well together. I found Hazel more interesting in this book as we got to know her better and through her eyes a bit.

I can easily see this book become a British Mystery Series on Television. Until then, I hope for many more novels.


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A Canterbury Crime Brian Kavanagh Books Reviews

I like books set in England. the characters could have been drawn a little better to make them more interesting but I did enjoy it. l will read more in the series and hope to find out more about the characters.the scenery and homes and the history are enough for me to enjoy this book. Can't recommend to everyone but to people who like this type of mystery.
This is the third book I've read in this series and I'm hooked. Mr. Kavanagh has the touch to write a story with just the right amount of mystery and suspense. Add a touch of history and you have a winning combination.
Story was interesting. It covers fascinating part of English history. My problem is with the protagonists. They're just too bumbling for my liking. They seem to be caricatures of women, not women characters. The plot and the denouement were quite good. Overall, I enjoyed the book, but with the exceptions noted.
I loved the imagery of Canterbury and the cathedral, a city I have not visited unfortunately. Next time I go to the UK I shall certainly do so, mainly because of this book, a great rainy afternoon read.

A "cozy" tale - if murder- could be said to be - the characters are engaging and the plot reasonably simple, though I don't mean that in a derogeratory way.

I don't give spoilers, as I feel that the synopsis put out with the book is more than enough about the plot, but suffice to say I do have another Brian Kavanagh novel on my kindle and shall be seeking out more )
I just finished A Canterbury Crime and I LOVED IT! I'm not a mystery reader, but this book was truly worth the read, The murder suspects are many and colorful -- hard to tell "who dun it." Unlike most mystery books, there is no foul language, no sexuality, and no gore -- just a good clean mystery that will keep the reader in suspense. I look forward to reading more of Mr. Kavanagh's books.
Ha, ha on me. After reading Capable of Murder and The Embroidered Corpse, and confessing that I didn't like Belinda and Hazel very much, I am right back at Kavanagh's knee. The author is a good storyteller and he gives the reader a lot of English history to chew on. I feel a bit like a cow, though, because I am supposed to know this stuff by now. Never mind, Kavanagh gives a bit more than dry textbooks, and from my quick researches it seems he is accurate enough.

He has been very successful in the Australian film industry, and the years devoted to that medium seem to have put him at an advantage for setting a brisk pace in his books about the amateur detective, an Australian who who inherited her aunt's cottage in Bath, England, and is now helping an antiques dealer buy and sell, and, in this case, evaluate the contents of an historic manor house. Belinda also is thinking about settling down with a lover who makes a living in real estate. In this fourth book in the Belinda series, Mark is about to become a Lord. Belinda must decide if she has the patience to be a Lady. However, matters at hand put that decision off. She has accompanied Hazel to Canterbury, the cathedral city that developed from the first seat of Christianity in England. It was the place where four knights of Henry II brought about the death of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until 1170. Becket and Henry had been friends and collaborators until they disagreed about the powers of Church over State, or vice versa. Becket's assassination was especially brutal, according to popular accounts, with the crown of the victim's head being severed so it revealed his brain. Becket was canonized in 1173 and in death had a cult following. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is about pilgrims on their way to Becket's shrine.

More important to this mystery is that Becket's mangled remains were buried and later moved twice within the Cathedral grounds, so that today no one is sure where exactly they are or what they consist of. The fictional Professor de Gray's work on this subject was about to be presented to publishers when he died. There was something a little dodgy about the hasty burial, and then when Belinda and Hazel arrive and start snooping,...

Kavanagh has improved Belindas's personality - has tamed her Aussie-ness, perhaps - and this time I did enjoy her along with the spooky setting, suspicious characters, and details of the actual architecture. One critic puts Kavanagh in the company of Peter James, Elizabeth George, and Peter Robinson. I disagree and would point instead to Jacqueline Winspear. It's not quite a fit, though, as Maisie Dobbs, after serving in World War I, is more serious than our Belinda, who is a perky woman with 21st century independence yet embedded in romantic mystery novels that depend on history to carry the plots.

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A Canterbury Crime by the brilliant Author, Brian Kavanagh really caught my attention in this fourth book in the series.
Although I had enjoyed the other three, this time the subject, location, and crime interested me right off.

There is something to be said about covers of books as well. You know that this was going to be an unique crime as the cover showed a jigsaw puzzle and it continued on the back cover. So, I figured out there was likely a sub-plot as well as the main crime.

Belinda and Hazel and Mark were back up to their usual speed. Each with their own individual styles that ends up working well together. I found Hazel more interesting in this book as we got to know her better and through her eyes a bit.

I can easily see this book become a British Mystery Series on Television. Until then, I hope for many more novels.