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Read an extract of Inspector Andy Horton in A Killing Coast

A Killing Coast, like all the Inspector Andy Horton crime novels, is set against the atmospheric backdrop of the sea in the Solent on the South Coast of England, in the waterfront city of Portsmouth and the surrounding towns, and the stunning coastal locations of the Isle of Wight. It's April and Andy Horton finds himself engaged in a new complex murder investigation.




See where A Killing Coast is set and read some extracts

What's on in April 2018

April gives me the chance to showcase another of the Inspector Andy Horton crime novels, this time number seven in the series, A KILLING COAST and also the third in the Art Marvik mystery series LOST VOYAGE. Both crime novels are set in the month of April.



Throughout April there will be articles on the website on both novels, including the story behind them, extracts and links to the book trailers. Meanwhile here is a little bit about each of the novels.




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New video, Dangerous Cargo, an Art Marvik Mystery

In his second mission for the National Intelligence Marine Squad, former Royal Marine Commando Art Marvik finds himself on the trail of a 50-year-old mystery, his task to catch a ruthless killer whose murders span over half a century.



'Rowson’s superhero, Art Marvik, returns in another pulse-pounding adventure. Delivering more than enough action to keep adrenaline junkies reading.' Booklist




Watch the short video

A likeable, smart, tough, but all too human hero, Art Marvik

My
action hero, Art Marvik, currently features in three fast-paced
mysteries: Silent Running, Dangerous Cargo and Lost Voyage. Here I talk
about him, his background and his three undercover investigations so
far.




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Footsteps on the Shore – The Page 69 Test

The theory is that if a reader picks up a novel in a bookshop or library and applies the Page 69 Test and likes what they have read they will purchase or borrow the book. This rather strange rule was devised by the writer Marshall McLuhan championed more recently by John Sutherland in How to Read a Novel: A User’s Guide. Not that I believe we really need instructions on how to read a novel but each to their own.



For those of you who firmly believe in the Page 69 Test here it is for Inspector Andy Horton police procedural, FOOTSTEPS ON THE SHORE, number six in the series of currently 13 novels.
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Read an extract of the Marvik Mystery Dangerous Cargo

Dangerous Cargo is set during the month of March, which is why I have chosen to feature it on the blog (along with an Inspector Andy Horton crime novel also set in March - Footsteps on the Shore). If you haven't already read Dangerous Cargo, the second in the Art Marvik mystery series, then this might tempt you.




Read the extract of Dangerous Cargo

Compelling, multi-layered, gripping, a great read for mystery lovers Inspector Andy Horton in Footsteps on the Shore, read an extract

For me, when choosing a new novel to read, and one by a writer previously unknown to me, I will read the blurb on the back cover, then turn to the first page. From there I will decide whether or not it is my cup of tea. I apply the Page 1 Test as opposed to the Page 69 Test. (For those of you who prefer the Page 69 Test you'll find examples of it here on my blog for some of my Inspector Andy Horton crime novels and my Art Marvik mysteries.)



So here is the blurb and the extract from page 1. for Inspector Andy Horton police procedural, FOOTSTEPS ON THE SHORE, number six in the series of currently 13 novels. FOOTSTEPS ON THE SHORE is one of my favourites in the DI Andy Horton series. I hope it is (might be) yours.




Read Page One of Footsteps on the Shore

Inspector Andy Horton, Footsteps on the Shore, extract

For me, when choosing a new novel to read, and one by a writer previously unknown to me, I will read the blurb on the back cover, then turn to the first page. From there I will decide whether or not it is my cup of tea. I apply the Page 1 Test as opposed to the Page 69 Test. (For those of you who prefer the Page 69 Test you'll find examples of it here on my blog for some of my Inspector Andy Horton crime novels and my Art Marvik mysteries.)



So here is the blurb and the extract from page 1. for Inspector Andy Horton police procedural, FOOTSTEPS ON THE SHORE, number six in the series of currently 13 novels. FOOTSTEPS ON THE SHORE is one of my favourites in the DI Andy Horton series. I hope it is (might be) yours.




Read Page One of Footsteps on the Shore

The setting for Art Marvik in Dangerous Cargo

Dangerous Cargo, the second in the Art
Marvik mystery series, is set in March so what better time to feature some of the locations where this fast-paced crime novel is set? In Dangerous Cargo Marvik has a new and deadly mission to complete working undercover for the UK's National Intelligence Marine Squad (NIMS), his task, to catch a
ruthless killer whose murders span over half a century.

Read more and see the location pictures for Dangerous Cargo.

The story behind Inspector Andy Horton FOOTSTEPS ON THE SHORE

Locations inspire me and I’m always out and about looking for a good place to put a body - a fictional one I hasten to add. I’m very fortunate to live in an area which is extremely diverse and offers up all kinds of intriguing places from bays, beaches and boatyards to shores, ships and shipwrecks, coast, coves, ferries and frogmen. You name it Portsmouth, the surrounding harbours, the Solent and the Isle of Wight has it including a Roman castle at Portchester. And it is the latter that is featured in FOOTSTEPS ON THE SHORE along with the Hayling Coastal Path and the Hard at Portsmouth.




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