Pauline Rowson's Blog, page 31

Did you know? Fascinating Forensic Facts

I uncover some fascinating forensic facts while conducting research for my crime novels featuring the hunky Inspector Andy Horton and the tough yet fallible Art Marvik.



Here are a couple of gruesome but interesting ones on Blood Spatter.




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Video book trailer for the Inspector Andy Horton, Footsteps on the Shore

'Footsteps
on the Shore, is a detective novel in the tradition of Rankin and
Harvey. Like Rebus, Rowson’s DI Andy Horton is a detective who does not
always work within the rules. As with all Rowson’s novels the ending is
dramatic and deeply menacing. If you are a fan of traditional detective
fiction in a vivid setting that makes you believe that you are there,
you will love this one.' James Morley, Mystery People Magazine.




Watch the video book trailer for Footsteps on the Shore, an Inspector Andy Horton police procedural crime novel

How to write a crime novel-developing characters, plots, research and revisions

In this five minute video crime author, Pauline Rowson is talking to Tony Smith in a radio interview on how to write a crime novel, how to get started, creating characters, developing the plot ideas, researching the novel, writing first drafts, revisions, editing and more.




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What's on in May 2017

May sees the publication in trade paperback of the second in the marine based crime novels to feature Art Marvik, Dangerous Cargo. A talk to Littlehampton U3A, videos, articles and I'll be continuing with writing the first draft of DI Andy Horton no. 15 in the series.






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Paperback publication day for Art Marvik in Dangerous Cargo

Happy publication day in paperback to Art Marvik in the second crime novel in this marine based series, Dangerous Cargo. Marvik first appeared in Silent Running and will have his third mission with the UK's National Intelligence Marine Squad (NIMS) who he works for as an undercover investigator in Lost Voyage due for publication in July 2017. So before then why not get acquainted with this tough yet fallible hero of mine, Art Marvik



" Action fans need Marvik on their radar." Booklist




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Pauline Rowson on why the crime genre is so popular

Crime fiction is one of the best selling genres and the most borrowed from public libraries. So what is it that makes crime fiction so popular? Well apart from being a cracking good read, in crime fiction we know that generally speaking justice will be done and the case will be resolved and that doesn’t always happen in real life. In crime fiction the villain either gets caught or gets his/her come uppance but in real life the evil and manipulative, the guilty can get away with it. Crime fiction can give us a resolution. It can also give us an insight into what makes people tick.




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Choosing names for characters in a crime novel

What's in a name? An awful lot as far as an author is concerned. Getting the right name for the characters in my crime novels can be a tricky business. Sometimes they can come to me completely out of the blue, other times I will struggle to find the name that best suits that particular character and until I do the personality refuses to come alive. The name also needs to fit with the age and nationality of that character although you can have exceptions.

Pauline Rowson: How to write a crime novel or crime short story

There are many different types of crime novels and crime short stories ranging from gritty gruesome, cosy comfortable to cops, robbers and gangsters, racy, action-packed thrillers, historical or contemporary crime novels, detective or private eye and many more variations in between.



Then there is the setting: the city, the sea, countryside, mountains, home or abroad. So there is plenty of scope to work with and the type of crime novel or short story you decide to write is often linked to the type of crime novel you like to read.



I never set out to write what have been termed in the USA 'police procedurals' but there are now thirteen published in the DI Andy Horton series and two crime novels featuring undercover investigator, Art Marvik with the third, Lost Voyage, to be published in July 2017. I've also written two stand alone crime novels, In Cold Daylight and In For The Kill.




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On location with Inspector Andy Horton in Lethal Waves

On location with the flawed and rugged detective, Inspector Andy Horton in crime novel number 13, Lethal Waves, published in 2017 by Severn House.



The DI Andy Horton crime novels have been hailed as "compelling," "multi-layered and complex" "a great read for mystery lovers".




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The thrills, spills and nerve-racking business of being a published author

This short video was taken at a talk I gave at Waterlooville Library in Hampshire. Here, in answer to a question from the audience, I am talking about the thrills and worries of being a published novelist.




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