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Inspector Andy Horton on investigation at the Isle of Wight Festival

DEATH
LIES BENEATH is number eight in the Detective Inspector Andy Horton
series of police procedural mysteries. It is set in June when the famous
Isle of Wight Festival takes place and Horton's investigations take him
from Portsmouth across the Solent on the Wightlink ferry to the Isle of
Wight and to the festival itself.

The Isle of Wight Festival 2018 takes place from 21 June to 24 June 2018. This year is the 50th anniversary of the festival.




I thought I would post two extracts from when Horton is at the Isle of
Wight Festival, the first is when he is with Agent Eames from Europol.






Read an extract of Death Lies Beneath when Inspector Andy Horton's investigations take him to the Isle of Wight Festival

Inspector Andy Horton embarks on a mystery in Lethal Waves

See what's in store for Inspector Andy Horton in his thirteenth murder mystery investigation on the south coast of England in Lethal Waves.



Watch the video book trailer of Lethal Waves and see how Horton is embroiled in a new murder case that needs all his skills and intuition to solve. A complex case uncovering dark secrets that have led to such lethal waves of destruction.



Published in paperback, as an ebook, on Amazon Kindle and Kobo and in hardcover in the UK and the USA.






Watch the video of Lethal Waves, a DI Andy Horton Mystery

Video upload - Death Lies Beneath, an Inspector Andy Horton crime novel

DEATH LIES BENEATH is available in paperback and as an ebook, on
Amazon Kindle and on Kobo.  It is also available as an unabridged audio
book narrated by Gordon Griffin.





"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
installment in this series. Highly recommended." Mystery People

Read an extract of Inspector Andy Horton crime novel, DEATH LIES BENEATH

DEATH LIES BENEATH is number eight in the Detective Inspector Andy Horton series of police procedural mysteries. It is set in June, so I thought it appropriate to feature it here on my blog this month. Like most of my crime novels it is inspired by locations in the area where I live and where the novels are set, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. It is also inspired by topical crimes. In this case, metal thefts, fraud, salvage operations and more.



If you've not read Death Lies Beneath then here's a taster. It is available in paperback, as an e book, on Amazon Kindle and on Kobo and also as an unabridged audio book narrated by Gordon Griffin.




Read page one of Death Lies Beneath

How to be a successful author

How did you learn to write a novel? Did you attend any creative writing courses? What makes a successful author? These are questions that I am often asked and while there are no hard and fast answers there are some things that contribute to becoming a successful author.






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The voices behind the audio books of the DI Andy Horton crime novels and Art Marvik Mysteries

If you love listening to a good crime story or mystery then you might have already tuned into the audio books in the Inspector Andy Horton series or the first in the Art Marvik mysteries, Silent Running. And perhaps you've wondered about the narrators. A good narrator makes a huge difference to audio book listening and I'm delighted and proud to have two of the best, Gordon Griffin MBE who narrates the Inspector Andy Horton crime novels and Peter Noble who has narrated the first in the Art Marvik series.




Read more about the narrators of Pauline Rowson's crime novels,  Gordon Griffin MBE and Peter Noble

On location with Inspector Andy Horton in DEATH LIES BENEATH

DEATH LIES BENEATH is a multi-layered Detective Inspector Andy Horton crime novel, number eight in the series.There are two locations that inspired me for the setting of DEATH LIES BENEATH, one was the marshes on the northern boundary of the city of Portsmouth, facing on to Langstone Harbour, Farlington Marshes. The other was the area of Tipner, or more specifically the sea bordering this north western boundary of Portsmouth, which filters into Portsmouth Harbour.






See where DEATH LIES BENEATH is set

Inspector Andy Horton undertakes a new criminal investigation

I'm
delighted to announce that the flawed and rugged Detective Inspector
Andy Horton is embarking on a new murder mystery in October 2018. Yes,
the latest in the DI Andy Horton series of police procedural crime
novels DEAD PASSAGE (14) is being published in paperback and as an ebook
on 18 October.




Here is a taste of what is to come for the enigmatic Inspector Andy Horton.
A mysterious telephone call sends Horton on a complex and twisted investigation into the death of a local politician twelve years ago and uncovers a trail of lies, secrets and revenge with roots deep in the past.

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The story behind Death Lies Beneath - An Inspector Andy Horton crime novel

DEATH LIES BENEATH is a multi-layered Detective Inspector Andy Horton crime novel, number eight in the series. It is inspired by locations in the area where I live and where the novels are set, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight and by topical crimes. In this case, metal thefts, fraud, boat salvage operations and more.





DEATH LIES BENEATH is also one of the pivotal novels in the Horton police procedural series because in it Andy Horton discover something that gives him a lead in the mystery surrounding the disappearance of his mother when he was ten.  This sets him off  on a tortuous journey to find the truth about what really happened to her after she walked out of their council flat in a tower block in inner city Portsmouth one foggy November day in 1978 never to be seen again. Also in DEATH LIES BENEATH Andy’s marriage to Catherine is set to be finally dissolved much to Andy’s sorrow.



"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 installment in this series.Highly recommended." Mystery People

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What's on in June 2018

June features the Detective Inspector Andy Horton crime novel, Death Lies Beneath, no 8 in the series. Also in June, Death Surge no.10 in these British police procedural crime novels will be published in Large Print, and I'll be giving a talk about my crime novels and how I write them to Southampton Probus Lunch Club.




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