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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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Featured Video Book Trailer of the Week-the third in the DI Andy Horton series The Suffocating Sea

A body on a burnt out boat in Horsea Marina leads Horton to confront his past. 


He's faced with a dangerous adversary who
will stop at nothing to prevent the truth from coming out...

Selected as the "Best of British Crime Fiction" by The Book Depository



"A gripping, suspense-filled murder case...an entertaining read in an engaging series..." Booklist



Watch the video trailer for THE SUFFOCATING SEA - the third 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.

Look what arrived in the post- my author copies of the new DI Andy Horton, Fatal Catch

It's always a thrilling moment to receive the finished copies of a new novel and I wasn't disappointed when my author copies of FATAL CATCH arrived in the post at the weekend.



The front cover looks stunning.  Many thanks to my publisher Severn House for again doing a great job with the new DI Andy Horton mystery and to their talented designer, Piers Tilbury for his jacket cover.



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Tickets now on sale for CSI Southampton - 24 October 2015

CSI Southampton - tickets now on sale

Join Pauline Rowson and fellow crime author Natasha Cooper at CSI Southampton on Saturday 24 October at Southampton Central
Library where the cream of crime fiction writers meet real life
crime experts.

The morning session kicks off with a panel where crime authors Pauline Rowson and Natasha Cooper will be debating with crime scene
experts from Hampshire Police, Carolyn Lovell Head of Crime Scene Investigation Management, and Jane Aston Fingerprint Bureau Supervisor, just how crime fiction differs from
crime fact. There will also be the chance for you to ask your questions of the
panel and to have your fingerprints pressed into a keep-sake key ring to take away.

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Featured Video Book Trailer of the Week-the second in the DI Andy Horton series Deadly Waters

A woman found
brutally murdered on the Mulberry in Langstone Harbour



A note on the body "Have you forgotten ME?"Horton has only a week to find a killer...

"Rowson adds an appealing hero to the British Police Procedural ranks." Kirkus Reviews (USA)

Watch the video trailer for DEADLY WATERS - the second 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.