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A story crafting wordsmith met a psychologist and L A Kent was born.

L A Kent is the pen name of Louise Harrington and Andy Sinden. Having lived in Cornwall for 20 years L A Kent writes not only about the dark, evil, obsessed, and sometimes plain mad and bad characters appearing on the dark side of their books, but also empathetically about the county, its people and their lifestyle. And bring to life Cornwall and the visitors that descend from the UK, mainland Europe and further afield, even as their bad guys are putting people to death.

Prior to writing both travelled extensively in their corporate lives, spending time in the USA, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore to name but a few, as well as frequently s ...more

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	Rogue Flamingo 3.76 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2014 — 8 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
	Broken Dove 4.17 avg rating — 35 ratings — 7 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
	Silent Gull (DI Treloar #3) 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2017 — 8 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 Little Cornish Fish and Seafood Cookbook. 70+ recipes by Beatriz Treloar, L.A. Kent (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 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
	Sad Pelican (DI Treloar, 4) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Wild Justice. The fantasy crime thriller set in the real world. 3.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Leadville. The City. Mines and Bullion Product. Personal Histories of Prominent Citizens. Facts and Figures Never before Given to the Public. By L.A. Kent 1880 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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BBC Radio Cornwall, Gemma Gill that is, interviewed LA Kent on the Tiffany Truscott show last Tuesday evening. Follow the link below:

Gemma Gill asked LA Kent about the DI Treloar Cornish crime thrillers and a summary was given of ALL! Including the prologue of Fallen Kestrel which is only published on the LA Kent FALLEN KESTREL crowdfunding page on INDIEGOGO. Get to it via the link on the www.lake Read more of this blog post »

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Published on April 21, 2022 09:00 • Tags: british-detective, british-police-procedural, broken-dove, cornish-crime, crime-thriller, di-treloar, english-detective, fallen-kestrel, gemma-gill, l-a-kent, la, la-kent, marazion, murder-mystery, padstow-murders, police-procedural, radio-cornwall, regional-crime-thriller, rogue-flamingo, sad-pelican, serial-killer, serial-killer-thriller, silent-gull, tiffany-truscott

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