Pauline Rowson's Blog, page 48
September 3, 2015
Featured Video Book Trailer of the Week- introducing the flawed and rugged DI Andy Horton in Tide of Death
A naked body of a man found on the beachHorton���s second day back in Portsmouth CID following his suspension
He has a point to prove and a case to solve - he's still a good cop
Chosen by Amazon as the Best of Crime Fiction 2006
Watch the video
trailer for TIDE OF DEATH - the first 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.
August 31, 2015
What's on in September 2015
September sees the publication in the UK in hardcover of the NEW DI Andy Horton crime novel FATAL CATCH published by Severn House on 28 September. You can pre-order your copy at any bookshop in the UK or on line and on Amazon UK or reserve it at your library.
Then there are talks and writing projects. Read more about what's happening in September.
August 27, 2015
Countdown to the new DI Andy Horton FATAL CATCH
It's four weeks until the NEW DI Andy Horton crime novel FATAL CATCH ispublished in the UK in hardcover by Severn House on 28 September. You
can pre-order your copy at any bookshop in the UK or on line and on Amazon UK.
FATAL CATCH will be published in the USA in January and you can also pre-order your copy now on Amazon USA
It is the twelfth in the DI Andy Horton crime series and Andy is hot the heels of a new investigation while there is a new
twist to his personal investigations into his mother's disappearance
thirty years ago.
Read more...
August 18, 2015
A walk on the wet side-some of the locations used in the Art Marvik crime novel, Silent Running
OK, so I didn't get my feet wet but this ten mile walk from Fishbourne, West Sussex to West Wittering borders the tranquil setting of
Chichester Harbour, and takes in some of the locations used in my
Art Marvik crime novel SILENT RUNNING. The weather too was perfect for walking, not too
hot, sunny or windy.
Itchenor is featured in my
Art Marvik crime novel SILENT RUNNING.
Itchenor
is a pretty sailing village on the Eastern shoreline of Chichester
Harbour, popular with second home owners and home to Chichester Harbour Conservancy. Read more
Chichester Harbour, and takes in some of the locations used in my
Art Marvik crime novel SILENT RUNNING. The weather too was perfect for walking, not too
hot, sunny or windy.
Itchenor is featured in my Art Marvik crime novel SILENT RUNNING.
Itchenor
is a pretty sailing village on the Eastern shoreline of Chichester
Harbour, popular with second home owners and home to Chichester Harbour Conservancy. Read more
August 16, 2015
Pauline Rowson Video - Writing routines and choosing titles for my crime novels
This video was filmed at a talk I gave to an audience at Romsey in
Hampshire. In this video extract I'm talking about writing routines and answering a question from a member of the audience on how I choose the titles for my crime novels. I hope you enjoy watching it.
You can see
more videos here on my website or on my You Tube Channel. For details of all my forthcoming speaking engagements visit my events page.
Read more and watch the video
Hampshire. In this video extract I'm talking about writing routines and answering a question from a member of the audience on how I choose the titles for my crime novels. I hope you enjoy watching it.
You can see
more videos here on my website or on my You Tube Channel. For details of all my forthcoming speaking engagements visit my events page.
Read more and watch the video
August 14, 2015
Watch the video trailer for DI Andy Horton Mystery Death Surge
Watch the video trailer for Death Surge see where Death Surge is set.
What
began as the hunt for a missing man becomes the search for a ruthless
killer...
A telephone call from a frantic Sergeant Cantelli to say that his
nephew, Johnnie Oslow, is missing cuts short Detective Inspector
Horton���s sailing trip to France. Summoned back to the Isle of Wight,
Horton learns that Johnnie has not shown up for racing during Cowes
Week, as previously arranged. The investigation is ranked low priority
by Horton���s boss, DCI Lorraine Bliss, who like
others believes Johnnie has probably gone off with a woman. But events
take a very different turn when the charred remains of a body are
discovered in one of the disused tunnels at the Hilsea Lines in
Portsmouth.
Read more and watch the video
What began as the hunt for a missing man becomes the search for a ruthless
killer...
A telephone call from a frantic Sergeant Cantelli to say that his
nephew, Johnnie Oslow, is missing cuts short Detective Inspector
Horton���s sailing trip to France. Summoned back to the Isle of Wight,
Horton learns that Johnnie has not shown up for racing during Cowes
Week, as previously arranged. The investigation is ranked low priority
by Horton���s boss, DCI Lorraine Bliss, who like
others believes Johnnie has probably gone off with a woman. But events
take a very different turn when the charred remains of a body are
discovered in one of the disused tunnels at the Hilsea Lines in
Portsmouth.
Read more and watch the video
August 12, 2015
The story behind Death Surge - A DI Andy Horton Mystery
As it is Cowes Week (8- 15 August 2015) I thought I would explain the story behind Death Surge, the DI Andy Horton crime novel which is set around the annual yacht racing event. The inspiration for Death Surge came like all the other novels in the series featuring the flawed and rugged
detective DI Andy Horton from the location. It is locations that
inspire me and with the Horton series, set against the powerfully evocative
British marine landscape of the Solent on the South Coast of England, there is always a good place to put a body.
detective DI Andy Horton from the location. It is locations that
inspire me and with the Horton series, set against the powerfully evocative
British marine landscape of the Solent on the South Coast of England, there is always a good place to put a body.
Placing the crime
novels against the backdrop of the sea has many advantages. The sea is never
constant. In one day it can change from
being calm to turbulent. It is also dangerous, misleading and evil like many
villains, and although it can look safe, beneath it can be a sandbank, a rock, a
wreck, a dangerous current all of which can cause havoc and kill, and be used
to good effect in a crime novel. It also
provides a great backdrop for pace and great settings for a climax, which, of
course, I���ve used in Death Surge.
August 10, 2015
Cowes Week gets off to great start with DI Andy Horton in Death Surge
It's Cowes Week and DI Andy Horton has a mystery to solve based around it.
Death Surge is the tenth in the DI
Andy Horton police procedural crime series.
What
began as the hunt for a missing man becomes the search for a ruthless
killer...A telephone call from a frantic Sergeant Cantelli to say that his
nephew, Johnnie Oslow, is missing cuts short Detective Inspector
Horton���s sailing trip to France. Summoned back to the Isle of Wight,
Horton learns that Johnnie has not shown up for racing during Cowes
Week, as previously arranged. The investigation is ranked low priority
by Horton���s boss, DCI Lorraine Bliss, who like
others believes Johnnie has probably gone off with a woman. But events
take a very different turn when the charred remains of a body are
discovered in one of the disused tunnels at the Hilsea Lines in
Portsmouth.
Read more
Death Surge is the tenth in the DI Andy Horton police procedural crime series.
What
began as the hunt for a missing man becomes the search for a ruthless
killer...A telephone call from a frantic Sergeant Cantelli to say that his
nephew, Johnnie Oslow, is missing cuts short Detective Inspector
Horton���s sailing trip to France. Summoned back to the Isle of Wight,
Horton learns that Johnnie has not shown up for racing during Cowes
Week, as previously arranged. The investigation is ranked low priority
by Horton���s boss, DCI Lorraine Bliss, who like
others believes Johnnie has probably gone off with a woman. But events
take a very different turn when the charred remains of a body are
discovered in one of the disused tunnels at the Hilsea Lines in
Portsmouth.
Read more
August 6, 2015
It's Cowes Week on the Isle of Wight and DI Andy Horton is on a case
Cowes Week - 8 August with DI Andy Horton in Death SurgeIf
you fancy soaking up the
sailing but can't make it across the Solent for Cowes Week on the Isle of Wight then why not spend
the week with DI Andy Horton in Death Surge
What
began as the hunt for a missing man becomes the search for a ruthless
killer...
Read more...
you fancy soaking up the
sailing but can't make it across the Solent for Cowes Week on the Isle of Wight then why not spend
the week with DI Andy Horton in Death Surge
What began as the hunt for a missing man becomes the search for a ruthless
killer...
Read more...
August 4, 2015
My Five Rules For Successful Writing
Writing is a tough game so to make it easier here are my five rules to successful writing!
Pauline Rowson is the author of thirteen crime novels, eleven in the DI Andy Horton series. with the twelfth Fatal Catch being published by Severn House in September 2015. Her work has received critical acclaim in the UK, USA and
Commonwealth where her novels have been hailed as "exemplary police
procedurals���, "cleverly plotted, complex and multi-layered.��� Her novels
have also been translated into several languages and the DI Andy Horton
crime novels have been optioned by top UK television production company
Lime Pictures, who are seeking to bring the enigmatic sailing detective
to TV screens.
She is also author of but two thrillers, In Cold Daylight and In For The Kill, and an action-packed a new series featuring former marine commando, Art Marvik,
introduced in Silent Running .
Marvik will appear again in the second of the series, Dangerous Cargo
which is being published in Spring 2016.
Read Pauline Rowson's Five Rules to Successful Writing
Pauline Rowson is the author of thirteen crime novels, eleven in the DI Andy Horton series. with the twelfth Fatal Catch being published by Severn House in September 2015. Her work has received critical acclaim in the UK, USA and
Commonwealth where her novels have been hailed as "exemplary police
procedurals���, "cleverly plotted, complex and multi-layered.��� Her novels
have also been translated into several languages and the DI Andy Horton
crime novels have been optioned by top UK television production company
Lime Pictures, who are seeking to bring the enigmatic sailing detective
to TV screens.
She is also author of but two thrillers, In Cold Daylight and In For The Kill, and an action-packed a new series featuring former marine commando, Art Marvik, introduced in Silent Running .
Marvik will appear again in the second of the series, Dangerous Cargo
which is being published in Spring 2016.
Read Pauline Rowson's Five Rules to Successful Writing
