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A whole host of DI Horton crime novels to be published over next eight months
A whole host of titles in the popular DI Andy Horton crime fiction series are to be released over the next eight months. Responding to demand Severn House Publishers is to publish the new DI Andy Horton crime novel, Undercurrent, the ninth in the series, in the UK in January 2013 and in the USA in May 2013. They have also brought forward the publication in e book format of the two most recent titles in the series, A Killing Coast and Death Lies Beneath.
A Killing Coast, the seventh in the DI Horton series, which was scheduled to be published as an e book in January 2013 has now been released (1 October 2012) and Death Lies Beneath, the eighth in the Horton series which was due for publication as an e book in July 2013, is to be published on 1 November 2012. Both titles are already available in hardcover.
In addition, Undercurrent, the new DI Horton crime novel, the ninth in the series is to be published in hardcover in the UK in January 2013 and in the USA in May 2013 when it will also be simultaneously published as an ebook.
Footsteps on the Shore the sixth in the series is to be published in Large Print Format in March 2013 and will also be released as a paperback on 16 October 2012.
The DI Horton novels are set on the South Coast of England,in the Solent area around Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. They are published in the UK and in the USA and have been translated into several languages.
Available in hardcover,paperback, e book and some are also published as audio books from all on line book stores and bookshops as well as on loan fromlibraries in the UK, USA and Commonwealth.
Read more by visiting http://www.rowmark.co.uk
A Killing Coast
A Killing Coast, the seventh in the DI Horton series, which was scheduled to be published as an e book in January 2013 has now been released (1 October 2012) and Death Lies Beneath, the eighth in the Horton series which was due for publication as an e book in July 2013, is to be published on 1 November 2012. Both titles are already available in hardcover.
In addition, Undercurrent, the new DI Horton crime novel, the ninth in the series is to be published in hardcover in the UK in January 2013 and in the USA in May 2013 when it will also be simultaneously published as an ebook.
Footsteps on the Shore the sixth in the series is to be published in Large Print Format in March 2013 and will also be released as a paperback on 16 October 2012.
The DI Horton novels are set on the South Coast of England,in the Solent area around Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. They are published in the UK and in the USA and have been translated into several languages.
Available in hardcover,paperback, e book and some are also published as audio books from all on line book stores and bookshops as well as on loan fromlibraries in the UK, USA and Commonwealth.
Read more by visiting http://www.rowmark.co.uk
A Killing Coast
Death Lies Beneath, Di Andy Horton, gets great review on Publishers Weekly
Death Lies Beneath, the eighth DI Andy Horton marine mystery set on the South Coast of England, in the Solent area of Portsmouth, has received more good reviews in America where it will be published in hardcover and as an ebook on 1 November 2012.
American Book reviewer, Kirkus says, "Horton’s 8th is a treat for fans of the puzzle-box mystery."
Death Lies Beneath has also been reviewed on the highly influential magazine, Publishers Weekly who say, "Rowson’s solid eighth police procedural featuring Det. Insp. Andy Horton...convincing characters and a coherent plot bolster a crafty solution to the crimes."
Death Lies Beneath was published by Severn House in hardcover in the UK in July. It has already attracted one excellent book review from Mystery People who said, "This is a fast paced excellent mystery, with an interesting diverse set of characters, and an intriguing hook at the end that has me eagerly awaiting the next instalment in this series.Highly recommended."
Death Lies Beneath will also be published as ebook and available on Kindle, Nook and Kobo from 1 November 2012.
The new DI Horton crime fiction novel, the ninth in the series, Undercurrent, will be published in January 2013.
Death Lies Beneath
American Book reviewer, Kirkus says, "Horton’s 8th is a treat for fans of the puzzle-box mystery."
Death Lies Beneath has also been reviewed on the highly influential magazine, Publishers Weekly who say, "Rowson’s solid eighth police procedural featuring Det. Insp. Andy Horton...convincing characters and a coherent plot bolster a crafty solution to the crimes."
Death Lies Beneath was published by Severn House in hardcover in the UK in July. It has already attracted one excellent book review from Mystery People who said, "This is a fast paced excellent mystery, with an interesting diverse set of characters, and an intriguing hook at the end that has me eagerly awaiting the next instalment in this series.Highly recommended."
Death Lies Beneath will also be published as ebook and available on Kindle, Nook and Kobo from 1 November 2012.
The new DI Horton crime fiction novel, the ninth in the series, Undercurrent, will be published in January 2013.
Death Lies Beneath
A hero with real problems is the key to creating a good crime series says Pauline Rowson
DI Andy Horton has been described as 'an especially good series hero, a likable fellow with plenty of street smarts and the requisite personal baggage - an abrasive supervisor (DCI Lorraine Bliss) and an antagonistic soon to be ex wife.' Booklist (USA) Footsteps on the Shore.
Heroes in detective novels are often ordinary people with their own set of problems and the key to producing a successful crime novel is not necessarily that the hero saves the world, aka James Bond, but that he also learns something about himself along the way. Putting ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances builds tension and readers tend to support characters in which they recognise certain traits they have themselves.
For me it is also important to write the stories I like to read and that is crime and thriller novels that have good strong characters and an intriguing and often complex plot that stimulates 'the little grey cells'. I don't do gratuitous violence and I don't write hard boiled crime. That isn't to say there aren't gory bits in the novels but I am not out to shock but to entertain. And I certainly get great satisfaction when people ask me if my detective Andy Horton is going to get back with his wife, Catherine? Will Andy find out the truth about his mother's disappearance? Who is Andy's father? These are not the main strands of the novels - nine now in the series - but they are the things that have shaped Andy Horton and made him what he is and therefore affect his decisions and his interactions with his colleagues and the villains.
In my view readers want to get stuck into a good crime novel that provides entertainment and a puzzle which they can solve at the same time as caring and feeling for the characters. It is my aim to achieve this in the DI Horton series and in my thrillers. I hope my readers enjoy reading about their exploits as much as I enjoy writing them.
Undercurrent, the ninth in the DI Andy Horton series is published by Severn House and available in hardcover in the UK and the Commonwealth. It will be published in the USA on 1 May 2013 when it will also be available as an ebook.
Undercurrent
Heroes in detective novels are often ordinary people with their own set of problems and the key to producing a successful crime novel is not necessarily that the hero saves the world, aka James Bond, but that he also learns something about himself along the way. Putting ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances builds tension and readers tend to support characters in which they recognise certain traits they have themselves.
For me it is also important to write the stories I like to read and that is crime and thriller novels that have good strong characters and an intriguing and often complex plot that stimulates 'the little grey cells'. I don't do gratuitous violence and I don't write hard boiled crime. That isn't to say there aren't gory bits in the novels but I am not out to shock but to entertain. And I certainly get great satisfaction when people ask me if my detective Andy Horton is going to get back with his wife, Catherine? Will Andy find out the truth about his mother's disappearance? Who is Andy's father? These are not the main strands of the novels - nine now in the series - but they are the things that have shaped Andy Horton and made him what he is and therefore affect his decisions and his interactions with his colleagues and the villains.
In my view readers want to get stuck into a good crime novel that provides entertainment and a puzzle which they can solve at the same time as caring and feeling for the characters. It is my aim to achieve this in the DI Horton series and in my thrillers. I hope my readers enjoy reading about their exploits as much as I enjoy writing them.
Undercurrent, the ninth in the DI Andy Horton series is published by Severn House and available in hardcover in the UK and the Commonwealth. It will be published in the USA on 1 May 2013 when it will also be available as an ebook.
Undercurrent
New venue announced for CSI Portsmouth 2013
I'm delighted that the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard is to be the new venue for the popular one day event, CSI Portsmouth 2013, part of Portsmouth BookFest to be held on Saturday 2 November.
CSI Portsmouth 2013 will be held in the Princess Royal Gallery at the museum, which is one of the settings for the latest DI Horton novel, Undercurrent, published in hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth in January and in the USA in May.
Naval historian Dr Douglas Spalding is found dead in Number One Dock in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard after giving a lecture in the Princess Royal Gallery in the Royal Navy Museum. Detective Superintendent Uckfield of the Major Crime Team is adamant it is suicide. DI Horton is not so sure. Angry and frustrated at the lack of investigation, Horton goes out on a limb to prove he’s right and discovers a cover up at the highest level. Soon Horton begins to find disturbing similarities with his own private investigations into the disappearance of his mother thirty years ago. As he gets closer to the truth someone is determined to prevent it from ever coming out.
CSI Portsmouth, where crime fiction meets crime fact is now in its fourth year and 2013 promises to be as exciting as previous years with some top crime authors and crime experts coming along to entertain us all. The panellists for CSI Portsmouth 2013 will be announced during the year.
The National Museum of the Royal Navy Portsmouth is one of Britain’s oldest maritime museums. Its aim is to preserve and present the history of the Fleet - the ships and the men and women who manned them and to make accessible to all the story of the Royal Navy and its people from earliest times to the present.
The tickets for CSI Portsmouth will also include the added bonus of free entry to exhibitions in the museum.
CSI Portsmouth is part of Portsmouth BookFest a festival of popular literature organised by The Hayling Island Bookshop and Portsmouth City Council and runs from October 19 to 3 November. Its aim is to promote reading for pleasure and enthusiasm for literature in the city of Portsmouth.
You can follow CSI Portsmouth on Twitter and on Facebook.
Undercurrent
CSI Portsmouth 2013 will be held in the Princess Royal Gallery at the museum, which is one of the settings for the latest DI Horton novel, Undercurrent, published in hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth in January and in the USA in May.
Naval historian Dr Douglas Spalding is found dead in Number One Dock in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard after giving a lecture in the Princess Royal Gallery in the Royal Navy Museum. Detective Superintendent Uckfield of the Major Crime Team is adamant it is suicide. DI Horton is not so sure. Angry and frustrated at the lack of investigation, Horton goes out on a limb to prove he’s right and discovers a cover up at the highest level. Soon Horton begins to find disturbing similarities with his own private investigations into the disappearance of his mother thirty years ago. As he gets closer to the truth someone is determined to prevent it from ever coming out.
CSI Portsmouth, where crime fiction meets crime fact is now in its fourth year and 2013 promises to be as exciting as previous years with some top crime authors and crime experts coming along to entertain us all. The panellists for CSI Portsmouth 2013 will be announced during the year.
The National Museum of the Royal Navy Portsmouth is one of Britain’s oldest maritime museums. Its aim is to preserve and present the history of the Fleet - the ships and the men and women who manned them and to make accessible to all the story of the Royal Navy and its people from earliest times to the present.
The tickets for CSI Portsmouth will also include the added bonus of free entry to exhibitions in the museum.
CSI Portsmouth is part of Portsmouth BookFest a festival of popular literature organised by The Hayling Island Bookshop and Portsmouth City Council and runs from October 19 to 3 November. Its aim is to promote reading for pleasure and enthusiasm for literature in the city of Portsmouth.
You can follow CSI Portsmouth on Twitter and on Facebook.
Undercurrent
Video Uploaded - Pauline Rowson talks to Xan Phillips about Undercurrent, no. 9 in the DI Andy Horton series
I've uploaded a new video. In this latest interview I am talking to Xan Phillips about Undercurrent, the ninth in the DI Andy Horton series of marine mystery crime novels set in Portsmouth and the Solent area of England, the rugged and flawed detective, DI Horton, and the area in which I set the novels
Undercurrent, the ninth in the DI Horton marine mystery crime series is published by Severn House in hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. It will be published in hardcover in the USA on 1 May 2013 when it will also be released as an e book and available on Kindle, Nook and Kobo.
Undercurrent
Undercurrent, the ninth in the DI Horton marine mystery crime series is published by Severn House in hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. It will be published in hardcover in the USA on 1 May 2013 when it will also be released as an e book and available on Kindle, Nook and Kobo.
Undercurrent
Events and book news for May from crime author Pauline Rowson
I’ve got some great talks lined up for May, which I am very much looking forward to. May also sees me continuing to write the eleventh in the DI Andy Horton Mystery series and it heralded the publication in the USA of the ninth in the DI Andy Horton series, Undercurrent, which is already published in the UK and Commonwealth. May also sees the release of Undercurrent as an e book, so readers will be able to download it and buy it from Kindle UK and Kindle USA, Nook and Kobo.
Below is a list of my events for May.
15 May After dinner talk to Havant Ladies Inner Wheel at the Brookfield Hotel, Emsworth.
20 May Chandlers Ford U3A at 2pm
31 May CrimeFest Royal Marriot Hotel, Bristol
I will be appearing on a panel on 31 May at 10.10am with fellow crime authors, Ann Cleeves, Kate Ellis, J.C. Martin and Kerry Wilkinson discussing 'A Policeman Calls.' To book visit the CrimeFest website at http://www.crimefest.com CrimeFest runs from 31 May to 2 June.
You can see all my events on my website at http://www.rowmark.co.uk Please contact me if you would like me to speak to a group or at a library, conference or function.
Undercurrent
Below is a list of my events for May.
15 May After dinner talk to Havant Ladies Inner Wheel at the Brookfield Hotel, Emsworth.
20 May Chandlers Ford U3A at 2pm
31 May CrimeFest Royal Marriot Hotel, Bristol
I will be appearing on a panel on 31 May at 10.10am with fellow crime authors, Ann Cleeves, Kate Ellis, J.C. Martin and Kerry Wilkinson discussing 'A Policeman Calls.' To book visit the CrimeFest website at http://www.crimefest.com CrimeFest runs from 31 May to 2 June.
You can see all my events on my website at http://www.rowmark.co.uk Please contact me if you would like me to speak to a group or at a library, conference or function.
Undercurrent
New video uploaded-Pauline Rowson talks to Tony Smith about DI Horton novels and Undercurrent
In this new video I'm talking to Tony Smith about the latest DI Andy Horton mystery crime novel, Undercurrent, set in the Solent area of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight on the South Coast of England and about the flawed and rugged detective DI Andy Horton. It was recorded in March 2013
You can view all my videos on my You Tube Channel and you can also subscribe to my videos which cover aspects of my crime thrillers and crime writing.
http://www.youtube.com/paulinerowson13
Undercurrent
You can view all my videos on my You Tube Channel and you can also subscribe to my videos which cover aspects of my crime thrillers and crime writing.
http://www.youtube.com/paulinerowson13
Undercurrent
