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Title: Bloody Ham
Author: Brian Kavanagh
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Brian Kavanagh has done it again. In this third book of the Belinda Lawrence Cozy Mystery series, Brian brings Helen Whitby to center stage where she assumes the position as leader in the investigative team.

Helen Whitby, an antiques dealer, hires antique silver to a film company for use in a dinner scene in the proposed film Playing Boys. Belinda Lawrence, as Helen’s business partner, is allowed to be on the set with Helen to watch over her silver during filming. As a result Belinda is present when one of the stars suddenly drops dead at the end of the dinner scene.

As a result, Belinda is asked to play stand-in to the American actress taking the place of the murdered star. She feels this position provides an opportunity for her to investigate the murder and obtain some evidence. When a second murder takes place, her new role as stand-in tests her ability to act when she faces off with the murderer. Belinda will never forget her brief acting career.

Bloody Ham is a sequel to Capable of Murder and The Embroidered Corpse. Read them all and follow Belinda Lawrence as she plays detective in each of them.  Brian Kavanagh’s superb job of juggling the clues and keeping the mystery a mystery until the very end has produced another great story.
Brian Kavanagh has many years' experience in the Australian Film Industry in areas of production, direction, editing and writing. He is presently planning a fourth book in the Belinda Lawrence mystery series in which Belinda travels to Melbourne, her hometown in Australia. Her emotional conflict continues torn between two loves, but at the same time she and Hazel Whitby get involved in a case of murder concerning the discovery of a missing historical item that has political ramifications. Mr. Kavanagh is also working on a film script and has an idea for a stand alone mystery that has comic elements. He is truly an author to watch. More information can be found at http://www.bewrite.net/authors/brian_kavanagh.htm