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The New Marine Mystery Crime Novel Published
This week sees the official publication of the new Marine Mystery crime novel featuring my flawed and rugged Portsmouth detective, Inspector Andy Horton.
Dead Man’s Wharf, which is published in hardcover, is the fourth in the marine mystery series. It is set against the backdrop of the Solent on the South Coast of England.
I'll be signing copies of Dead Man’s Wharf and others in the series at The Hayling Island Bookshop during Independent Booksellers Week on Saturday 20 June at 11am. Before then I am in Cornwall, Bristol and Dorset for book signings.
For more information visit my official web site at http://www.rowmark.co.uk
Dead Man’s Wharf, which is published in hardcover, is the fourth in the marine mystery series. It is set against the backdrop of the Solent on the South Coast of England.
I'll be signing copies of Dead Man’s Wharf and others in the series at The Hayling Island Bookshop during Independent Booksellers Week on Saturday 20 June at 11am. Before then I am in Cornwall, Bristol and Dorset for book signings.
For more information visit my official web site at http://www.rowmark.co.uk
Celebration time
Hayling Island Library was buzzing with activity yesterday when throngs of local people turned up to celebrate its re-opening after its major refit.
The library has been completely redecorated and a new community room added with its own separate access allowing the library to run more group activity. There are now toilet facilities (handy when you're in the library a long time) and a very welcome coffee/tea machine - so you might need that loo!
All my novels were out on loan so I took some along with me to sell and sign for those interested. I met some lovely people.
There was a celebration cake, nibbles, and drinks, face painting and balloons for the children, or for anyone else for that matter, a chance to view the new facilities, and of course, to change your library books, DVDs etc.
It's good to have our local library back on the run and great to see it so vibrant.
BBC Radio Solent
I was on the Julian Clegg show on BBC Radio Solent this morning at 6.45 a.m talking to Julian about my novels. I'm one of 'Julian's People' those whose lives he has chosen to follow on his programme throughout the year.I'll be on his programme again on 1 October 2009.
More on my official web site www.rowmark.co.uk
Tide of Death
The library has been completely redecorated and a new community room added with its own separate access allowing the library to run more group activity. There are now toilet facilities (handy when you're in the library a long time) and a very welcome coffee/tea machine - so you might need that loo!
All my novels were out on loan so I took some along with me to sell and sign for those interested. I met some lovely people.
There was a celebration cake, nibbles, and drinks, face painting and balloons for the children, or for anyone else for that matter, a chance to view the new facilities, and of course, to change your library books, DVDs etc.
It's good to have our local library back on the run and great to see it so vibrant.
BBC Radio Solent
I was on the Julian Clegg show on BBC Radio Solent this morning at 6.45 a.m talking to Julian about my novels. I'm one of 'Julian's People' those whose lives he has chosen to follow on his programme throughout the year.I'll be on his programme again on 1 October 2009.
More on my official web site www.rowmark.co.uk
Tide of Death
Morse has his Oxford, Rebus has Edinburgh and Andy Horton has the Solent
Many of you know that I draw my inspiration and ideas from the area in which I live and where my DI Andy Horton crime novels and thriller novels are set: Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight and generally the Solent area on the South Coast of England.
My marine mystery country is a vibrant area full of contrasts and contradictions, which is why I find it fascinating. Portsmouth (UK) is also my home town, or I should say the city where I was raised, so I know it well, warts and all.
It's a waterfront city with a colourful and diverse history. Home to HMS Victory, HMS Warrior 1860, the Mary Rose Museum, The Royal Naval Museum, and the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. But it's not all history.
There is a thriving Commercial Ferry Port with sailings to France, the Channel Islands and Spain. And soon the cruise liners Hebridean Princess and its sister brands Voyages of Discovery and Swan Hellenic will be sailing from Portsmouth with the completion of a new passenger terminal in February 2011. That's sure to provide inspiration for a new Andy Horton novel or a thriller.
Because the harbour entrance is so narrow you feel as if you can almost touch the ships as they sail past you at the ancient fortifications of Old Portsmouth. No where else can you get so close.
One of the most densely populated cities in Europe, the Portsmouth poor rub shoulders with the rich as the ancient walls of Old Portsmouth and it's tiny historic houses rub shoulders with the stunning new waterfront of Gunwharf Quays renamed Oyster Quays in the Horton novels.
There is always something to see particularly on the sea! The navy ships, the orange and black tug boats, the Continental and Isle of Wight ferries, the hovercraft, pleasure craft, fishing boats, Border Agency boats, lifeboats and much, much more...
The Isle of Wight, just a few miles across the Solent, seems a world away with its rolling downs, beautiful bays, stunning coastline, and prehistoric remains. Yes, it has its poor areas and its rough places but it also, like Portsmouth, has that island mentality that makes it unique. It has some lovely walks, great for thinking through plots while admiring the scenery.
People sometimes ask me if I will run out of ideas for my novels. Perhaps one day I might but a stroll along the coastline wherever that might be: Portsmouth, Hayling Island, the Isle of Wight and I know a new idea will spring to mind and set that to rights. There are photograph of the marine mystery area where my crime novels are set on my blog.
Tide of Death
My marine mystery country is a vibrant area full of contrasts and contradictions, which is why I find it fascinating. Portsmouth (UK) is also my home town, or I should say the city where I was raised, so I know it well, warts and all.
It's a waterfront city with a colourful and diverse history. Home to HMS Victory, HMS Warrior 1860, the Mary Rose Museum, The Royal Naval Museum, and the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. But it's not all history.
There is a thriving Commercial Ferry Port with sailings to France, the Channel Islands and Spain. And soon the cruise liners Hebridean Princess and its sister brands Voyages of Discovery and Swan Hellenic will be sailing from Portsmouth with the completion of a new passenger terminal in February 2011. That's sure to provide inspiration for a new Andy Horton novel or a thriller.
Because the harbour entrance is so narrow you feel as if you can almost touch the ships as they sail past you at the ancient fortifications of Old Portsmouth. No where else can you get so close.
One of the most densely populated cities in Europe, the Portsmouth poor rub shoulders with the rich as the ancient walls of Old Portsmouth and it's tiny historic houses rub shoulders with the stunning new waterfront of Gunwharf Quays renamed Oyster Quays in the Horton novels.
There is always something to see particularly on the sea! The navy ships, the orange and black tug boats, the Continental and Isle of Wight ferries, the hovercraft, pleasure craft, fishing boats, Border Agency boats, lifeboats and much, much more...
The Isle of Wight, just a few miles across the Solent, seems a world away with its rolling downs, beautiful bays, stunning coastline, and prehistoric remains. Yes, it has its poor areas and its rough places but it also, like Portsmouth, has that island mentality that makes it unique. It has some lovely walks, great for thinking through plots while admiring the scenery.
People sometimes ask me if I will run out of ideas for my novels. Perhaps one day I might but a stroll along the coastline wherever that might be: Portsmouth, Hayling Island, the Isle of Wight and I know a new idea will spring to mind and set that to rights. There are photograph of the marine mystery area where my crime novels are set on my blog.
Tide of Death
Pauline Rowson interview with Alex Dyke BBC Radio 20 June
On 20 June I'll be appearing on the Alex Dyke Show on BBC Radio Solent on his Big Hour slot between 12.00 and 13.00. I'll be chatting to Alex about my DI Andy Horton marine mystery crime novels and my thrillers set in the Solent area and Portsmouth. You can listen live via the BBC Radio Solent web site or on 96.1 FM or 103.8 FM.
Hope some of you can join us.
Hope some of you can join us.
DI Horton marine mystery crime novel, Footsteps on the Shore, coming soon as paperback and e book
Footsteps on the Shore, the sixth in the DI Andy Horton series of marine mystery crime novels set on the South Coast of England, is to be published in paperback in August by Severn House Paperbacks and as an e book in September by Severn House Digital.
Footsteps on the Shore has received some great reviews from the States, and readers have been kind enough to tell me how much they have enjoyed reading the hardcover version which was published in January in the UK and in May in the USA. It was given a starred review by Booklist who said:
"It deserves mention in the same breath as works in the upper echelon of American procedurals (those by Ed McBain or Joseph Wambaugh for example) and their British counterparts, including the work of Peter Robinson and John Harvey. Procedural fans who haven’t already read Rowson should be encouraged to do so in the strongest possible terms." Booklist, Starred Review
Footsteps on the Shore is number six in the DI Andy Horton series of police procedural crime novels and like the others is set against the backdrop of the sea in the Solent area on the South Coast of England, in Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
The paperback version of Footsteps on the Shore is published on 25 Aug 2011 and the e book on 1 September.
Footsteps on the Shore by Pauline Rowson
Friday the thirteenth begins badly for DI Andy Horton when he wakes to find his Harley has been vandalized and his boss, DCI Lorraine Bliss, has returned early from her secondment to HQ. Then, convicted murderer, Luke Felton, released on licence, is reported missing and a decomposed corpse is washed up in Portsmouth harbour. But before Horton can get a grip on either case, he’s called to a house where a woman he’d only met the day before has been brutally murdered. Is missing Luke Felton the prime suspect, or is it his body in the mud of the harbour? Horton is under pressure to get results, but things are about to get much worse for the beleaguered detective …
Footsteps on the Shore
Footsteps on the Shore has received some great reviews from the States, and readers have been kind enough to tell me how much they have enjoyed reading the hardcover version which was published in January in the UK and in May in the USA. It was given a starred review by Booklist who said:
"It deserves mention in the same breath as works in the upper echelon of American procedurals (those by Ed McBain or Joseph Wambaugh for example) and their British counterparts, including the work of Peter Robinson and John Harvey. Procedural fans who haven’t already read Rowson should be encouraged to do so in the strongest possible terms." Booklist, Starred Review
Footsteps on the Shore is number six in the DI Andy Horton series of police procedural crime novels and like the others is set against the backdrop of the sea in the Solent area on the South Coast of England, in Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
The paperback version of Footsteps on the Shore is published on 25 Aug 2011 and the e book on 1 September.
Footsteps on the Shore by Pauline Rowson
Friday the thirteenth begins badly for DI Andy Horton when he wakes to find his Harley has been vandalized and his boss, DCI Lorraine Bliss, has returned early from her secondment to HQ. Then, convicted murderer, Luke Felton, released on licence, is reported missing and a decomposed corpse is washed up in Portsmouth harbour. But before Horton can get a grip on either case, he’s called to a house where a woman he’d only met the day before has been brutally murdered. Is missing Luke Felton the prime suspect, or is it his body in the mud of the harbour? Horton is under pressure to get results, but things are about to get much worse for the beleaguered detective …
Footsteps on the Shore
Express FM Interview was great fun, next up is BBC Radio Solent on 2 November
Had a great time on the radio yesterday talking to Adrian Knight of Express FM on his breakfast show. It was a lovely interview with lots of laughs and a bit of a chat in between, talking about my DI Horton crime novels set in Portsmouth and the Solent area and the forthcoming CSI Portsmouth event on Saturday 5 November at John Pounds Centre, Portsmouth.
Next up is the Julian Clegg Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Solent 2 November at 6.45am. It is always a great pleasure and delight talking to Julian. I'm looking forward to it.
Dead Man's Wharf
Next up is the Julian Clegg Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Solent 2 November at 6.45am. It is always a great pleasure and delight talking to Julian. I'm looking forward to it.
Dead Man's Wharf
Publication day for NEW DI Andy Horton crime novel, A Killing Coast
I'm delighted to announce that the seventh in the DI Horton series of Marine Mystery crime novels set in the Solent area on the South Coast of England, A Killing Coast is published in hardcover by Severn House in the UK today, 26 January 2012. It will be published in the USA on 1 May 2012.
I was on BBC Radio Solent this morning at 6.45 to launch the new Horton crime novel, talking to Julian Clegg on his hugely popular breakfast show. It was great fun.
The DI Horton series has received some critical acclaim both in the UK and the USA where I'm flattered and honoured that my writing has been compared to Ed McBain and Joseph Wambaugh and with their British counterparts, including the work of Peter Robinson and John Harvey.
American Reviewer Booklist says, "Andy Horton is an especially good series hero, a likeable fellow with plenty of street smarts and the requisite personal baggage – an abrasive supervisor and an antagonistic soon-to-be ex-wife. Procedural fans who haven’t already read Rowson should be encouraged to do so in the strongest possible terms."
I've written seven in the DI Horton series and two stand alone thrillers one of which, In Cold Daylight was voted the third most popular novel in an on line poll for World Book Day 2008.
All my crime and thriller novels are available in hardcover, paperback, as e books, on Kindle and Nook and some are available in Large Print and as Audio Books.
A Killing Coast
When a body is found floating in the sea off Portsmouth harbour, Detective Inspector Horton initially judges it to be an accidental death. Soon though, to his dismay, he discovers he’s got it very wrong. Accused of being incompetent by his boss, and with the head of the Major Crime Team coming down heavily on him, Horton wonders if he’s allowed his ongoing investigation into the disappearance of his mother over thirty years ago to cloud his judgement. With no clear motive for the murder, Horton is sucked into a baffling investigation that he is determined to resolve despite the odds. Not only does he need to find a brutal killer, but Horton now has to prove to himself, and others, that he is still up to the job.
I'll be helping to celebrate National Libraries Day on Saturday 4 February when I will be at Portsmouth Central Library between 10.30am to 12.30pm.
I'll be talking about my marine mystery crime novels and thrillers which are set in the Solent area, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, and there will be the opportunity to win signed copies of my books with a murder mystery quiz hunt for clues around the library, and the chance to be named as a character in one of my forthcoming DI Horton crime novels.
National Libraries Day is a celebration of libraries across the UK. Events and activities will take place in a variety of libraries including in schools, colleges, universities and public libraries in the UK in the week leading up to and on National Libraries Day on Saturday 4 February.
Tickets cost £3.00 and can be purchased at any library in Portsmouth or by contacting libraries@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
A Killing Coast
I was on BBC Radio Solent this morning at 6.45 to launch the new Horton crime novel, talking to Julian Clegg on his hugely popular breakfast show. It was great fun.
The DI Horton series has received some critical acclaim both in the UK and the USA where I'm flattered and honoured that my writing has been compared to Ed McBain and Joseph Wambaugh and with their British counterparts, including the work of Peter Robinson and John Harvey.
American Reviewer Booklist says, "Andy Horton is an especially good series hero, a likeable fellow with plenty of street smarts and the requisite personal baggage – an abrasive supervisor and an antagonistic soon-to-be ex-wife. Procedural fans who haven’t already read Rowson should be encouraged to do so in the strongest possible terms."
I've written seven in the DI Horton series and two stand alone thrillers one of which, In Cold Daylight was voted the third most popular novel in an on line poll for World Book Day 2008.
All my crime and thriller novels are available in hardcover, paperback, as e books, on Kindle and Nook and some are available in Large Print and as Audio Books.
A Killing Coast
When a body is found floating in the sea off Portsmouth harbour, Detective Inspector Horton initially judges it to be an accidental death. Soon though, to his dismay, he discovers he’s got it very wrong. Accused of being incompetent by his boss, and with the head of the Major Crime Team coming down heavily on him, Horton wonders if he’s allowed his ongoing investigation into the disappearance of his mother over thirty years ago to cloud his judgement. With no clear motive for the murder, Horton is sucked into a baffling investigation that he is determined to resolve despite the odds. Not only does he need to find a brutal killer, but Horton now has to prove to himself, and others, that he is still up to the job.
I'll be helping to celebrate National Libraries Day on Saturday 4 February when I will be at Portsmouth Central Library between 10.30am to 12.30pm.
I'll be talking about my marine mystery crime novels and thrillers which are set in the Solent area, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, and there will be the opportunity to win signed copies of my books with a murder mystery quiz hunt for clues around the library, and the chance to be named as a character in one of my forthcoming DI Horton crime novels.
National Libraries Day is a celebration of libraries across the UK. Events and activities will take place in a variety of libraries including in schools, colleges, universities and public libraries in the UK in the week leading up to and on National Libraries Day on Saturday 4 February.
Tickets cost £3.00 and can be purchased at any library in Portsmouth or by contacting libraries@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
A Killing Coast
Two new DI Horton novels by Pauline Rowson to be published in 2012
My publisher, Severn House, has brought forward the publication of the next DI Andy Horton crime fiction novel, number eight in the series, Death Lies Beneath.
Death Lies Beneath will be published in the UK in July 2012. A Killing Coast was published in the UK in January and will be published in the USA in May 2012 and Death Lies Beneath will be published in the USA in November 2012. So Horton fans have two new marine mystery crime fiction novels in the series this year to enjoy.
I'm currently over a third of the way through the next DI Horton, number nine in the series.
Here is a list of all the DI Horton novels in order, more details on all of them and my thrillers can be found on my website at http://www.rowmark.co.uk
Tide of Death
Deadly Waters
The Suffocating Sea
Dead Man's Wharf
Blood on the Sand
Footsteps on the Shore
A Killing Coast (pub. January 2012)
Death Lies Beneath (pub. July 2012)
Set in the Solent area on the South Coast of England
'Deserves mention in the same breath as American procedurals (those by Ed McBain or Joseph Wambaugh for example) and their British counterparts... Peter Robinson and John Harvey.' Booklist starred review (Footsteps on the Shore)
When a body is found floating in the sea off Portsmouth harbour, Detective Inspector Horton initially judges it to be an accidental death. Soon though, to his dismay, he discovers he’s got it very wrong. Accused of being incompetent by his boss, and with the head of the Major Crime Team coming down heavily on him, Horton wonders if he’s allowed his ongoing investigation into the disappearance of his mother over thirty years ago to cloud his judgement. With no clear motive for the murder, Horton is sucked into a baffling investigation that he is determined to resolve despite the odds. Not only does he need to find a brutal killer, but Horton now has to prove to himself, and others, that he is still up to the job.
Death Lies Beneath will be published in the UK in July 2012. A Killing Coast was published in the UK in January and will be published in the USA in May 2012 and Death Lies Beneath will be published in the USA in November 2012. So Horton fans have two new marine mystery crime fiction novels in the series this year to enjoy.
I'm currently over a third of the way through the next DI Horton, number nine in the series.
Here is a list of all the DI Horton novels in order, more details on all of them and my thrillers can be found on my website at http://www.rowmark.co.uk
Tide of Death
Deadly Waters
The Suffocating Sea
Dead Man's Wharf
Blood on the Sand
Footsteps on the Shore
A Killing Coast (pub. January 2012)
Death Lies Beneath (pub. July 2012)
Set in the Solent area on the South Coast of England
'Deserves mention in the same breath as American procedurals (those by Ed McBain or Joseph Wambaugh for example) and their British counterparts... Peter Robinson and John Harvey.' Booklist starred review (Footsteps on the Shore)
When a body is found floating in the sea off Portsmouth harbour, Detective Inspector Horton initially judges it to be an accidental death. Soon though, to his dismay, he discovers he’s got it very wrong. Accused of being incompetent by his boss, and with the head of the Major Crime Team coming down heavily on him, Horton wonders if he’s allowed his ongoing investigation into the disappearance of his mother over thirty years ago to cloud his judgement. With no clear motive for the murder, Horton is sucked into a baffling investigation that he is determined to resolve despite the odds. Not only does he need to find a brutal killer, but Horton now has to prove to himself, and others, that he is still up to the job.
Book signing at the Isle of Wight Arts Festival 22 April
On 22 April I will be at the Isle of Wight Arts Festival Writers Fair, signing copies of my DI Andy Horton marine mystery crime novels and my thrillers.
The Isle of Wight Writers Fair event is for book lovers. It features books written on the Island and books about the Island, as long as there is an Isle of Wight connection the book will be there. As readers of my crime novels know many of them include locations on the Isle of Wight as well as Portsmouth (DI Andy Horton's patch) and the Solent.
In the DI Horton series Blood on the Sand is set primarily on the Isle of Wight.
Inspector Andy Horton’s holiday peace is shattered when stepping out across an abandoned golf course on the Isle of Wight on a cold, grey January, he finds himself facing a distraught young woman with a gun in her hand leaning over a corpse in one of the discarded bunkers. When she professes to be the dead man’s sister and psychic, Horton’s old adversary, DCI Birch, is convinced she is mentally disturbed and the killer, but Horton is not so sure. Soon he is uncovering a web of intrigue that ripples down the years, and which someone is determined should never be revealed
A Killing Coast is partially set on the Island.
When a body is found floating in the sea off Portsmouth harbour, Detective Inspector Horton initially judges it to be an accidental death. Soon though, to his dismay, he discovers he’s got it very wrong. Accused of being incompetent by his boss, and with the head of the Major Crime Team coming down heavily on him, Horton wonders if he’s allowed his ongoing investigation into the disappearance of his mother over thirty years ago to cloud his judgement. With no clear motive for the murder, Horton is sucked into a baffling investigation that he is determined to resolve despite the odds. Not only does he need to find a brutal killer, but Horton now has to prove to himself, and others, that he is still up to the job.
In addition, my thriller In For The Kill is set on the Island.
Alex Albury has it all: a successful business, a luxurious house, wife and two sons. Then one September morning the police burst into his home and arrest him. Now, three and a half years later, newly released from Camp Hill Prison on the Isle of Wight, Alex is intent on finding the man who framed him for fraud and embezzlement. All he knows is his name: James Andover. But who is he? Where is he? Alex embarks on his quest to track down Andover, but with the trail cold he is frustrated at every turn. Worse, he finds himself under suspicion by the police. The pressure is on and Alex has to unearth the answers and quick. But time is running out. For Alex the future looks bleak and soon he is left with the option - to kill or be killed.
The event takes place at Ventnor Masonic Hall, Grove Road, Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Free entry and refreshments available. I'll be there from 14.00 to 16.00.
For more information about the Isle of Wight Arts Festival visit www.artsisle.org
The Isle of Wight Writers Fair event is for book lovers. It features books written on the Island and books about the Island, as long as there is an Isle of Wight connection the book will be there. As readers of my crime novels know many of them include locations on the Isle of Wight as well as Portsmouth (DI Andy Horton's patch) and the Solent.
In the DI Horton series Blood on the Sand is set primarily on the Isle of Wight.
Inspector Andy Horton’s holiday peace is shattered when stepping out across an abandoned golf course on the Isle of Wight on a cold, grey January, he finds himself facing a distraught young woman with a gun in her hand leaning over a corpse in one of the discarded bunkers. When she professes to be the dead man’s sister and psychic, Horton’s old adversary, DCI Birch, is convinced she is mentally disturbed and the killer, but Horton is not so sure. Soon he is uncovering a web of intrigue that ripples down the years, and which someone is determined should never be revealed
A Killing Coast is partially set on the Island.
When a body is found floating in the sea off Portsmouth harbour, Detective Inspector Horton initially judges it to be an accidental death. Soon though, to his dismay, he discovers he’s got it very wrong. Accused of being incompetent by his boss, and with the head of the Major Crime Team coming down heavily on him, Horton wonders if he’s allowed his ongoing investigation into the disappearance of his mother over thirty years ago to cloud his judgement. With no clear motive for the murder, Horton is sucked into a baffling investigation that he is determined to resolve despite the odds. Not only does he need to find a brutal killer, but Horton now has to prove to himself, and others, that he is still up to the job.
In addition, my thriller In For The Kill is set on the Island.
Alex Albury has it all: a successful business, a luxurious house, wife and two sons. Then one September morning the police burst into his home and arrest him. Now, three and a half years later, newly released from Camp Hill Prison on the Isle of Wight, Alex is intent on finding the man who framed him for fraud and embezzlement. All he knows is his name: James Andover. But who is he? Where is he? Alex embarks on his quest to track down Andover, but with the trail cold he is frustrated at every turn. Worse, he finds himself under suspicion by the police. The pressure is on and Alex has to unearth the answers and quick. But time is running out. For Alex the future looks bleak and soon he is left with the option - to kill or be killed.
The event takes place at Ventnor Masonic Hall, Grove Road, Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Free entry and refreshments available. I'll be there from 14.00 to 16.00.
For more information about the Isle of Wight Arts Festival visit www.artsisle.org
My fictional police marine unit in the DI Horton novels to meet real police marine unit at CWA Conference
My fictional detective, DI Andy Horton, is based in the Solent area and my Horton marine mystery crime novels include members of a fictional Hampshire Police Marine Unit - Sergeant Dai Elkins and PC Ripley - but I will be introducing the real police officers of the Hampshire Constabulary Marine Unit at the Crime Writers' Association (CWA) Conference in Southampton on Saturday 21 April.
The Hampshire Police Marine Unit's area of responsibility stretches from Dorset to Sussex and out to 12 miles offshore.
The Solent is the busiest waterway in Europe and one of the busiest in the world with around one million commercial and Naval shipping movements per year and in excess of 10 million pleasure craft movements per year.
Members of the Marine Unit will talk about how they provide a specialist resource to the constabulary, as well as a service to the boating community and the Hampshire public as a whole.
Their role includes counter terrorism patrols, the reduction and detection of marine crime, investigation of marine incidents and fatalities, policing large events, supporting the UK Border Agency, Coastguard, and Harbour Authorities and responsibility for countering serious and organised crime and preventing child abduction. The unit consists of one Sergeant and nine PCs, policing with three semi displacement launches.
I'm very much looking forward to their talk and no doubt will pick up plenty of ideas for future crime novels.
A Killing Coast
The Hampshire Police Marine Unit's area of responsibility stretches from Dorset to Sussex and out to 12 miles offshore.
The Solent is the busiest waterway in Europe and one of the busiest in the world with around one million commercial and Naval shipping movements per year and in excess of 10 million pleasure craft movements per year.
Members of the Marine Unit will talk about how they provide a specialist resource to the constabulary, as well as a service to the boating community and the Hampshire public as a whole.
Their role includes counter terrorism patrols, the reduction and detection of marine crime, investigation of marine incidents and fatalities, policing large events, supporting the UK Border Agency, Coastguard, and Harbour Authorities and responsibility for countering serious and organised crime and preventing child abduction. The unit consists of one Sergeant and nine PCs, policing with three semi displacement launches.
I'm very much looking forward to their talk and no doubt will pick up plenty of ideas for future crime novels.
A Killing Coast
