Pauline Rowson's Blog, page 39

What makes Pauline Rowson's crime novels different - marine mystery country - a fascination with the sea

We
all know that location is an important factor when choosing where to
live, it is also equally important in choosing the setting for a crime
novel. There are many great settings for crime novels in the UK from
gritty Glasgow to captivating Cornwall and of course the wonderful
diversity of settings in countries around the World. There is also the
fictional setting.



For me though there is marine mystery country, the location for my crime
novels, which happens to be a real place and that is Portsmouth and the
Solent on the South Coast of England. Here my sailing detective, the
flawed and rugged  DI Andy Horton, pits his wits against the criminal
classes, which takes him, and others in the team, into the harbours and
marinas around Portsmouth, Langstone, Chichester, and the Isle of Wight.



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Dangerous Cargo, the second in the Art Marvik series, delivers a more deadly cargo than bananas

Had
great fun on the photo shoot for the launch of Dangerous Cargo thanks
to the Portsmouth International Port, MMD Shipping Services and the
Geest Line.



What better place to launch a new crime novel with the title
Dangerous Cargo than in front of  a cargo ship at Portsmouth
International Port, although the cargo in the second in the marine based
crime series featuring Art Marvik is of a far more deadly nature than
bananas transported on the Geest Line's MV
Benguela Stream, a purpose-built Dutch-registered 150m vessel for the ocean transport of
perishable cargo.





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Pauline Rowson talking to Julian Clegg on the BBC Radio Solent Breakfast Show

I
was delighted to be invited on to the Julian Clegg Breakfast Show BBC
Radio Solent on 7 June 2016 to talk about my DI Andy Horton crime novels
set in the Solent area and to launch the latest in the Art Marvik
marine mystery series, Dangerous Cargo, published by Severn House in the UK on 31 May 2016.



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Watch the video book trailer for Dangerous Cargo

The video book trailer for the NEW Art Marvik marine crime novel, Dangerous Cargo, by Pauline Rowson, now published in the UK in hardcover.



Marine Investigator, Art Marvik, has a new and deadly mission to accomplish for the National Intelligence Marine Squad (NIMS) to catch a ruthless killer whose murders span over half a century.



Marvik’s mission takes him to the Dorset coastal town of Swanage, the Isle of Purbeck and the spectacular coastline of Dorset, Hampshire and the Solent.



Watch the video book trailer for Dangerous Cargo.

DI Andy Horton helps Portsmouth International Port celebrate 40 years

DI
Andy Horton was called to assist Portsmouth International Port kick
start their 40th anniversary celebrations with the launch of an
exhibition showing the development of the Port over the years.  OK, so
it wasn't actually Andy Horton who showed up in person but me and I took
him along for good company in the form of the latest in the series, Fatal Catch



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What's on in June 2016

June
sees the publication of the new crime novel featuring former Royal
Marine Commando, Special Boat Services Officer, Art Marvik in his second
mission for the UK's covert National Intelligence Marine Squad (NIMS)  Dangerous Cargo, published by Severn House  It is the second in the Art Marvik marine crime series, the first Silent Running was
published in the UK and the USA in 2015 and  has been hailed as  'A
tense, terrifying thrill ride that twists and turns with 
dizzying speed.'



Also in June I will be on BBC Radio Solent on Tuesday 7 June at 7.50am.



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A flavour of Art Marvik's first mission for NIMS ahead of his second in Dangerous Cargo

Former Royal Marine Commando, Art Marvik, now working undercover for the
UK's National Intelligence Marine Squad, (NIMS) is about to embark on
his second mission in Dangerous Cargo,
published by Severn House in the UK on 31 May 2016.  I thought  as a
prequel you might like a flavour of his first mission for NIMS in Silent Running  which is available in paperback and as an ebook.




Adrift after leaving the marines, Marvik finds
himself being used as bait to catch a ruthless killer whose slaying
spree spans the decades.
It's a mission that will put all his skills and training to the test- a dangerous assignment that could cost him his life

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Pauline Rowson on the attraction of writing crime novels

This video was shot at CSI Portsmouth 2012 at which I appeared with
crime authors, Stephen Booth, Ann Cleeves and Matt Hilton.  It was great
fun and I think the audience enjoyed it as much as we did.



In this video I'm talking about what attracts me to crime novels, crime
writing, characters, psychology, point of view and writing style.



Hope you enjoy the short excerpt.

Pauline Rowson's crime novels for 2016 and 2017

2016 and 2017 sees the publication of two new crime novels, two in the DI
Andy Horton police procedural series and two in the marine crime
thriller  series, featuring marine investigator, Art Marvik. I'm also delighted that many of
my previous novels will be published in new formats, including
unabridged audio books, ebooks and in paperback.



Here is a round up of them.

What makes 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
comeuppance but in real life the evil and manipulative, the guilty can
get
away with it as in the case of the unsolved murder in my own family in
1959 that of my great aunt, Martha Giles.

Crime fiction can give us a resolution. It can also give us an insight into what makes people tick.

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