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Dwayne Kavanagh

Dwayne Kavanagh

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Dwayne Kavanagh, as a child, found comfort in the dark corners of his imagination. In 2005, he sat down in a small home office and let the stories transfer from those lightless caverns to the bright screen of his laptop computer and has been scribbling every day since. Dwayne was born in Toronto and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. He lives with his Fiancée, Nicky and her sports fanatic son Lucas, and with unconditional love for his beautiful daughters Megan and Emily, in southern Ontario.

A King Under Siege

A King Under Siege

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<p><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only fourteen when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next ten years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors, and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the Merciless Parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the King alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his.</span><br /><span class="a-text-bold" style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;">B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree!</span></p>

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<div class="walltext">Review from Goodreads.com<br /><br />&quot;Dwayne Kavanagh,--A Child's Wound <br /><br />Why is the number,12,a key to the past of serial killer Tim Hadler? A skilled practioner in the art of wooing and dispatching his victims, Tim has competiton in this gripping tale of multiple murder in all its complexity. NYPD's Christine Maloan is taunted by another killer on the loose; both mass murderers are determined to shake Christine from her relentless pursuit, but which one becomes her lover? The chilling twists and turns of A Child's Wound are heightened by an unpredictable ending---This gripping first novel from Dwayne Kavanagh will surely not be his last. BRAVO!to a talented Canadian authour Pat L&quot;<br /><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="right" width="0">  </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="100%"> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"><span style="margin-left:-5px;"><img height="12" alt="4.0 out of 5 stars" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-4-0._V47081936_.gif" width="64" border="0" /></span><strong>A Child's Wound review</strong>, August 12, 2009</div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top">By </td> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A25022PLPOLDTX/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><font color="#004b91">Ruth <span style="white-space:nowrap;">Call<img class="custPopRight" style="border-right:medium none;border-top:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-bottom:medium none;" alt="" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/carrot._V47081519_.gif" /></span></font></span></a> (Niagara, Canada) - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A25022PLPOLDTX/ref=cm_cr_pr_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&amp;sort_by=MostRecentReview"><font color="#004b91">See all my reviews</font></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div>A Child's Wound is the first book by a new author, Dwayne Kavanagh, and I'm sure it won't be the last. Dwayne has shown that he knows how to put together a complicated plot that holds together and rings true right from the outset. <br />Not wanting to give too much away, I'll just say this: it starts with the story of Tim Hadler, a creepy but not necessarily so unusual character in our world today. At the same time we learn that a serial killer with a bizarre signature is killing seemingly random women. Is Tim the killer? Is it someone else? Who is going to die next? Is it someone we know or a stranger? <br />It's hard for me to say any more without telling you too much, and you are going to want to find it out for yourself as you turn these pages. One tip though: don't read it before you go to bed. <br />I'm looking forward to a long career for Dwayne. He'll have a place on my bookshelf anytime. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div>