Pauline Rowson's Blog, page 11

At the crime scene with DI Andy Horton in DEAD PASSAGE

DEAD PASSAGE is the latest in the DI Andy Horton series of crime novels, number fourteen and is set in Portsmouth on the South Coast of England.



"This book has all the juicy ingredients that make a good story: an historic death of a politician, a daughter who urgently wants to speak to the inspector, as she has ‘something to reveal’ about her father’s death, and also a few interesting characters that keep you guessing about who’s telling the truth…and who has something to hide." BH Living Magazine




Why not sit back and watch the short book trailer for DEAD PASSAGE

The facts behind fingerprinting

Hampshire Police Fingerprint Bureau have assisted me many times with my research for my Inspector Andy Horton crime novels for which I am very grateful. I've visited Hampshire Police Support Headquarters at Netley to study how the fingerprints taken at the scene of crime and of people in police custody are identified. And, of course, have used this information in my crime novels.




So here are some fingerprint facts

I'm always looking for a good place to put a body!

When I’m not pounding the keyboard or plotting my crime novels I’m walking the coastal paths and by ways of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, looking for a good place to put a body! A fictional one that is. I can't pass a boatyard, beach or bay without thinking there must be a dead body or a skeleton here somewhere. One day I’m sure I’m going to be arrested or locked up as a psychopath and if that happens then I hope either of my heroes, the enigmatic and flawed Portsmouth based detective, DI Andy Horton, or the rugged ex-marine, Art Marvik, will come to my rescue because, in fact, it would be their fault if I found myself in such an awkward position.






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Video - Miss You London Book Fair

Miss you London Book Fair 2019 but I'll be back.  Here is a brief
glimpse of only a portion of the years I've been going to the London
Book Fair.

Secret doors, hidden rooms and ten ghosts – is this the setting for a new crime novel?

Is this the next setting for a DI Andy Horton crime novel? Or perhaps a totally new one. Contemporary or historical crime? There was plenty of material for me when I went on location research at the small, unique Georgian Theatre in Portsmouth, Groundlings Theatre. I was treated to a tour of it by Richard Stride, artistic director and owner.





Groundlings Theatre is a Grade II * historic listed building built in 1784 in the waterfront city of Portsmouth. It is a truly atmospheric place with secret doors, hidden rooms and ten ghosts! And along with the ghosts it still has a lot of the original features such as original floorboards and fire places. It was founded by philanthropic patrons, John Shakespeare (very apt) and 5 merchants, with the aim of educating the poor (boys) downstairs, in the Beneficial School, while upstairs was used by high society for meetings, concerts and theatre.




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As you've never seen me before

No, not this picture, you've seen ones like this before, you'll have to read on and scroll down to find out what I mean, but here's the background to it.




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What's on in March 2019

In March I'll be busy working on DI Andy Horton number 15 in the series, talking to Hamble Valley U3A about my crime novels and crime writing, featuring Art Marvik mystery DANGEROUS CARGO  and doing some location research for a new crime novel.






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Join me for my talks at Hampshire Libraries

I'll be meeting readers and giving a talk about my crime novels at three Hampshire Libraries in April, May and June this year.



I will be at Andover Library on Thursday 25 April, Fareham Library on Friday 17 May and at Totton Library, Southampton on Thursday 20 June at 2pm. I will be talking about the secrets of successful crime writing, explaining how I plot, research and write my crime novels set on the South Coast of England.




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On location with DI Andy Horton in FOOTSTEPS ON THE SHORE

Locations inspire me and so it was with FOOTSTEPS ON THE SHORE, number six in the DI Andy Horton mystery series now available in paperback, as an ebook, on Amazon Kindle, on Kobo and as an unabridged audio book.

This time my inspiration for the police procedural mystery Footsteps on the Shore came from a Roman castle at Portchester, at the north end of Portsmouth Harbour, the best preserved Roman fort north of the Alps! Other locations used in this novel are the Hayling Coastal Path and the Hard at Portsmouth Harbour.




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Footsteps on the Shore DI Andy Horton #6 relaunched

I'm delighted that the DI Andy Horton crime novel FOOTSTEPS ON THE SHORE hailed as 'a detective novel in the tradition of Rankin and Harvey,' has been re-launched in e book format and on Kindle and Kobo at a new reduced price! It is also available in paperback for those of you who like the feel of a book. And, if you prefer to listen to a crime audio book, then FOOTSTEPS ON THE SHORE is also available as an unabridged audio book narrated by Gordon Griffin.



Footsteps on the Shore is number six in the Inspector Andy Horton crime series of currently fourteen with DEAD PASSAGE, the latest Horton mystery, being published in paperback and as an e book in October 2018.






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