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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.

Pauline Rowson explains why she sets her crime novels against the backdrop of the sea

The sea has always held a fascination
for me, probably because I was raised in the coastal city of Portsmouth with
its vibrant waterfront, its great contrasts of modern and historic, its diverse
multicultural population, its international port, its historic dockyard,
fishing fleet and the home of the Royal
Navy.  Portsmouth Harbour is one of the busiest in the World and the Solent offers
up every kind of sailing vessel you could wish for from giant container ships
to ferries, naval ships to leisure craft, fishing boats and even a regular hovercraft
service. Once the sea is in your blood it never leaves you and it seemed only
natural for me to turn to it for inspiration for my crime novels.



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Pauline Rowson on air with Julian Clegg on BBC Radio Solent

It
was again a great treat to be on BBC Radio Solent on Monday 5 October ,
talking to Julian Clegg and his many thousands of early morning
listeners. We talked about the new DI Andy Horton crime novel, Fatal Catch, published on 28 September 2015 by Severn House publishers and Julian, who is reading the first in the Art Marvik crime series, Silent Running, said how much he is enjoying it.



He also played  an audio clip taken from a talk I gave to Romsey U3A on how I research the forensic bits for my crime novels which gave us a nice lead into the forthcoming CSI Southampton.



Click here to listen to my interview on BBC iplayer,



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Tales of murder and mystery at Stubbington U3A

Over ninety people turned out in the village of Stubbington, Hampshire to hear me talk about my crime novels and how I research,
plot and write them.  There were many DI Andy Horton fans in the audience which was great and some very keen to start reading the new Art Marvik series featuring the former marine commando who is introduced in Silent Running.



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Video Book Trailer - the New DI Andy Horton crime novel - Fatal Catch

Trust
no one, believe nothing���.


Detective Inspector Andy Horton is
called out to examine a gruesome catch by two fishermen: a human hand.

Watch the book video trailer for more on Fatal Catch and see where the novel is set.

What's on in October 2015

October looks set to be a busy month with the publication of Fatal Catch the twelfth in the DI Andy Horton crime series published by Severn House Publishers. (28 September 2015), with talks, CSI Southampton, a radio interview and lots of writing. 



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Fatal Catch, DI Andy Horton 12, published in the UK

I'm delighted to announce that Fatal Catch the twelfth in the DI Andy Horton crime series  has been published in the UK in hardcover by Severn House Publishers. (28 September 2015).  For those of you in America you'll have to wait a
little longer before you can get your hands on a copy but not too long
as Fatal Catch will be released as an ebook and available on Kindle from
20 December ( the perfect Christmas present - dare I say)  and it will
be published in hardcover in the USA on the 1 January 2016.



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Featured Video Book Trailer of the Week-the fourth in the DI Andy Horton series Dead Man's Wharf by Pauline Rowson

TV diving personality Nicholas Farnsworth's life is threatened...


A deranged elderly lady in a nursing home claims she's been attacked by an intruder...


A mother's conviction that her son's death on Christmas Eve was no
accident...are the incidents related, Horton believes not but soon he's
caught up in a complex investigation  with far-reaching international
implications

'Rowson turns out an exemplary procedural.' Starred Review Kirkus (USA)



Watch the video trailer for DEAD MAN'S WHARF - the fourth 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.

Pauline Rowson reveals more about her flawed and enigmatic detective DI Andy Horton

There was a slightly unusual question posed by a member of the audience at a talk I recently gave - how can DI Andy Horton fund
his lifestyle, living on a boat in a marina? I thought it worthwhile
repeating here and giving the answer. Before I do though just to say
that Andy Horton currently appears in twelve novels. Click here to read more about each DI Andy Horton crime novel and to view them in order.



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Entertaining the members of Southampton Retirement Fellowship with tales of crime

I
was very pleased to be asked to speak about my crime novels to members
of Southampton NHS Retirement Fellowship on Thursday 17 September. Over
sixty members attended and they listened attentively as I talked about
the inspiration behind the DI Andy Horton and Art Marvik crime novels, and I explained how I plot research and write them.



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