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Join Pauline Rowson at CSI Southampton where crime fiction meets crime fact

Fascinated by forensics? Intrigued by CSI? Keen on crime fiction? Then join me for CSI Southampton on Saturday 28 October at Southampton Central Library for a lively and informative discussion on crime fiction versus crime fact. With me on the panel will be my fellow crime author, Graham Hurley and crime experts Carolyn Lovell, Deputy Head of Scientific Services, Crime Scene Investigations, and Detective Chief Inspector Mandy Horsburgh of Hampshire Police.




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Have readers influenced your plots or characters?

This article is taken from my interview with Soundings who have just released the audio book of Inspector Andy Horton crime novel, Death Surge, number ten in the DI Andy Horton crime series. It is also available in paperback and as an e book on Amazon Kindle and on Kobo.










We see that you enjoy meeting with your readers and giving talks, has any feedback from readers ever changed your plans for a plot or character?

 

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Crime author Pauline Rowson talks about her fictional crime busting heroes

This article is taken from my interview with Soundings who have just released the audio book of Inspector Andy Horton crime novel, Death Surge, number ten in the DI Andy Horton crime series.



Death Surge is published in paperback, e book, on Amazon Kindle, on Kobo and as an unabridged audio book narrated by Gordon Griffin.




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What's on in October 2017

After a September packed with writing, October is buzzing with talks and events. Despite that I will still find time to write. Having put the finishing touches to DI Andy Horton 14 (and dispatched it to my publisher with my fingers crossed that they like it) and having completed the fourth in the Art Marvik marine thriller series, I'm currently working on a new crime novel the first of what I hope might prove to be a series. This one opens in 1950 and is set on the south coast of England, this time on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, an area that I visited in June for some research and instantly fell in love with. There are some great places to put a body there (fictional of course.) It's early stages yet but my research has thrown up some fascinating plot ideas which I am very excited about.



In October I'll be appearing on BBC Radio Solent, giving a talk to readers at Fordingbridge Library in Hampshire and will be sharing the stage at CSI Southampton with fellow crime author Graham Hurley and officers from Hampshire Police. More details below. Hope to see some of you there.


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Join me at Fordingbridge Library to hear about the secrets of successful crime writing

Join me at Fordingbridge Library in Hampshire on October 19th at 2pm when I reveal the secrets of successful crime writing. I'll be talking about the inspiration behind my Inspector Andy Horton crime novels and my Art Marvik marine thrillers, how I plot, research and write them.




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Pauline Rowson talks about the crime writers who have inspired her

This
article is taken from my interview with Soundings who have just
released the audio book of Inspector Andy Horton crime novel, Death
Surge, number ten in the DI Andy Horton crime series. It is also
available in paperback and as an e book on Amazon Kindle and on Kobo






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The story behind Death Surge, DI Andy Horton

The inspiration for Death Surge came like all the other novels in the Inspector Andy Horton police procedural series featuring my flawed and rugged Portsmouth detective from the location. It is locations that inspire me and with the Horton series, set against the powerfully evocative British marine landscape of the Solent on the South Coast of England, there is always a good place to put a body.




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Listen to an extract of DI Andy Horton Death Surge

Listen to an extract of the latest audio book in the Inspector Andy Horton crime series, Death Surge, published by Soundings, narrated by Gordon Griffin and watch the video book trailer. "A crisply written, cleverly plotted procedural with a nice twist." Booklist USA




Listen to an extract and watch the video for Death Surge

What attracted you to writing crime fiction?

This article is taken from my interview with Soundings who have just released the audio book of Inspector Andy Horton crime novel, Death Surge number ten in the DI Andy Horton crime series.




What attracted you to writing crime fiction? Have you turned your hand to other genres for long-buried manuscripts?


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In search of a title for DI Andy Horton number fourteen

It's time to find a title for Inspector Andy Horton no 14, now that I have finished writing it.  It has to have a sea theme and fit with a crime novel, not always easy. I've had some intriguing suggestions from readers who follow me on Twitter and Facebook and I think I'm nearly there. I have narrowed it down to a couple of options. I'll either choose one myself or run both past my publisher to see which they prefer. I often say that choosing a title is harder than writing the novel!




Read more about how Pauline Rowson chooses the titles for her crime novels