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Featured Video Book Trailer of the Week- Undercurrent DI Andy Horton

Naval historian Dr Douglas Spalding is found dead in Portsmouth���s Historic
Dockyard.  It looks like suicide but Horton goes out on a limb to prove
otherwise. Soon he's embroiled in a cover up at the highest level.



'Rowson offers up a thorny, multifaceted plot; a profusion of
unusual twists; a likable yet complex hero; and plenty of fast-paced,
knuckle-biting action.' Booklist USA





Watch the video of Undercurrent, the ninth in the DI Andy Horton Mystery Series

No Man's Fort in the Solent researching for a DI Andy Horton crime novel

This month saw me visiting an Amazing Venue literally, thanks to the company bearing that name because they own
three landmarks, or
should I say seamarks, in the Solent, all of which I am very familiar
with
having grown up in Portsmouth but none of which I have ever visited. On
the 4 November I got the chance to change that and it was indeed a case
of the boat waiting for no man as it took me out on to the Solent to the
Victorian No Man's Fort in the aid of research for DI Andy Horton number 14.



Read more about my visit to No Man's Fort and see the photographs.

Looking back to CSI Portmouth 2010 and forward to CSI Portsmouth 2016

Five years ago on Saturday 6 November the very first CSI Portsmouth event was held in Portsmouth, England. And in 2016 the sixth CSI Portsmouth where crime fiction meets crime fact will be held on Saturday 5 March 2016 at the Pyramids Centre, Clarence Esplanade, Southsea,



Since 2010 CSI Portsmouth has gone from strength to strength. Over the coming months I will be
featuring CSI Portsmouth, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.  There was a gap in
2015 because the Portsmouth Bookfest dates have moved.  But CSI Portsmouth is back for 2016.



CSI Portsmouth 2016 is on Saturday 5 March at the Pyramids Centre, Southsea. Tickets on
sale from 4 January 2016. It is a highly informative and entertaining
day. If you like crime fiction, police procedure, forensic analysis and
true crime then don't miss it.



Read more about CSI Portsmouth

What's on in November 2015- research visits and talks

Weather permitting I have some exciting research trips lined up for
November (I sneaked one in at the end of October - read more about my
visit to Condor Ferries).



One of the nicest things about being an author is that I get to visit some
unusual and exciting places and talk to some amazing people, all of
which provides me with tons of inspiration for a new DI Andy Horton or an Art Marvik crime novel.



Read more about my visits lined up for November and my forthcoming talks

Featured Video Book Trailer of the Week-the seventh in the DI Andy Horton series A Killing Coast by Pauline Rowson

An
investigation into a body found floating in the sea off Portsmouth
harbour throws DI Andy Horton's capabilities into question.


Not only does he need to find a brutal killer, but he also has to prove he's still up to the job. 'Multilayered, twisted, and complex...a surprising conclusion and a
satisfying read.' Booklist





Watch the video book trailer of A Killing Coast.

 

All aboard the Commodore Clipper for DI Andy Horton 13 research

One
of the nicest things about being a crime writer is that I get to meet
some really interesting people, who do fascinating jobs. On  Monday 26
October courtesy of Condor Ferries I paid a research visit to Condor Commodore Clipper, which features in the DI Andy
Horton crime novel, number 13, to be published late 2016.





My visit was to check out my facts for that DI Andy Horton novel,  and I am extremely grateful to the Condor team who were
incredibly helpful and generous with their time and for their patience
in allowing me to  badger them with questions. It was also fantastic to
see over one of my favourite ships which I watch regularly sailing in
and out of Portsmouth - DI Andy Horton's patch.



Read more about DI Andy Horton and how the Condor Ferry team helped with research.

Research,DNA, Fingerprints and more debated at CSI Southampton

CSI Southampton, organised as part of the Southampton Festival of Words - So to Speak - by Southampton Library, lived up to the audience expectations on Saturday 24 October when crime fiction authors Pauline Rowson and Natasha Cooper joined crime experts from Hampshire Police, Carolyn Lovell Head of Crime Scene Investigation Management, and Jane Aston Fingerprint Bureau Supervisor, to talk about research, DNA, fingerprints and more. 



Read more and see the pictures.

Featured Video Book Trailer of the Week-the sixth in the DI Andy Horton series Footsteps on the Shore by Pauline Rowson

Friday
the thirteenth, a  decomposed corpse in Portsmouth Harbour, a woman
brutally murdered, a missing prisoner out on licence...



Horton is under pressure to get results, but things are about to get much worse for the beleaguered detective ���  



'Procedural fans who haven���t already read Rowson should be encouraged to
do so in the strongest possible terms.' Booklist, Starred Review





Watch  the video trailer for Footsteps on the Shore

Pauline Rowson on researching the nautical elements of her crime novels

As your novels are all set around and on the sea does that mean you're an accomplished sailor?



Heck, no! In fact you wouldn���t
let me loose on any boat and to be perfectly honest I am a terrified
sailor. It���s the opposite case here of a
little knowledge being a good thing. Sometimes the more knowledge you have the more you are tempted to show
it and put it in your novels and in so doing you risk the danger of it ending
up reading like a manual. The same
applies to knowledge of police procedure.  OK, so I need some knowledge of how the police work for my crime novels
but if I explained exactly how a major investigation is run then the novel
would end up reading like a police manual, it is FICTION after all. Likewise if I explained every nautical detail
then the novel would be as stagnant as sludge.



Read more...

Featured Video Book Trailer of the Week-the fifth in the DI Andy Horton series Blood on the Sand by Pauline Rowson

A
cold grey January morning, a woman with a gun in her hand - a corpse on
an abandoned golf course. Is she a killer?  Horton doesn't think so.


Soon he's uncovering a web of intrigue that
ripples down the years and which someone is determined should never be
revealed

'Another solid entry in a consistently well written series,' Booklist USA







Watch the video trailer for BLOOD ON THE SAND - the fifth in the DI Andy Horton
police procedural crime series, set against the backdrop of the sea in
the Solent on the South Coast of England.