Pauline Rowson's Blog, page 54
February 26, 2015
BAFTA, London, beckoned for DI Andy Horton
mystery crime series has been optioned by one of the UK’s
leading television production companies, Lime Pictures, who are
seeking to bring the enigmatic sailing detective to life on screen. The series
of currently eleven novels is set in the Solent area on the South Coast of
England.
InJanuary I met up with Rebecca Hodgson, Head of
Drama for Lime Pictures and Jo Combes, Drama Development Executive, at
the World famous BAFTA club in London for lunch to discuss Andy Horton
and the marine mystery crime series. It was great to meet them and
exciting to hear how much they loved Horton and the crime novels.
Rebecca Hodgson says, ‘DI Andy Horton is a returning detective who can
cut through the competition. His character is fascinatingly knotty, with his
difficult childhood, troubled marriage and chequered career, and a detective
who lives on a small boat and rides a motorbike is a fresh reboot of the TV
detectives that we already know. We are confident that the intriguing
partnership of Horton and Cantelli will attract a fantastic cast.'
Read more by clicking on the above title or the link to the right.
February 24, 2015
Join Pauline Rowson at Gosport Discovery Centre 5 March
I'll be entertaining the audience with tales of murder and mayhem
talking about the
inspiration behind my crime novels and how I research, plot and write them.
Death Surge is already published in hardcover and as an ebook by Severn House. It has been hailed in the USA as a "crisply written, cleverly plotted
procedural with a nice twist."
American reviewer, Booklist says,
"Rowson also continues the intriguing saga of Andy’s search for
the mother who disappeared in mysterious circumstances when he was a
child."
Crime author, Pauline Rowson will be at the Gosport Discovery Centre, Hampshire on 5 March 2015,
7.30pm. Tickets cost £4.00 and are available from the Gosport Discovery
Centre. Click here to book and for more details.
Read more by clicking on the above title or the link to the right.
February 19, 2015
Read of the Week - location photographs and extracts from DI Andy Horton 7, A Killing Coast
South Coast of England - in the waterfront city of Portsmouth and the
surrounding towns, and the stunning coastal locations of the Isle of
Wight.
Click on the above title or the link to the right to read extracts and view some of the location photographs featured in A Killing Coast.
February 18, 2015
Pauline Rowson guest lecturer to Criminology and Forensic Studies Students
students at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University
of
Portsmouth on Tuesday 17 February where I talked about crime
writing and how I research, plot and write my crime novels. I
hope that it provided an interesting insight for the students.
I took the students
through how I map out my crime novels using mind maps and plot lines.
I've been told by a former detective of the Hong Kong police that my
workings out are exactly how they used to map out the crimes they
investigated, so there you have it.
Read more and view photographs by clicking on the above title or the link to the right.
February 10, 2015
Pauline Rowson talking about the process of writing a crime novel to Stoke WI members
February and entertaining them with tales of my criminality - fiction
that is. I explained how I research plot and write my crime novels and took a
lively Q & A which was followed by a book signing. It was great to
give a talk to an audience so close to where I live for a change. And
lovely to begin the meeting singing Jerusalem and ending it singing the
National Anthem.
This year sees Stoke and North Hayling WI celebrating their 70th anniversary while the Women's Institute organisation celebrate their centenary. What an achievement!Read more by clicking on the above title or the link to the right.
February 8, 2015
Read of the Week - DI Andy Horton in A Killing Coast
In this Read of the Week feature here is a chance to sample A Killing
Coast, the seventh in the series of marine mysteries featuring the
flawed
and rugged, sailing detective, DI Andy Horton .
The marine mystery crime novels are set against the atmospheric backdrop of the sea in the
Solent area on the South Coast of England.
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 now he also has to prove he's still up to the job
Read a sample
February 3, 2015
Pauline Rowson on what makes a fiction writer
never committed a murder, or been a police officer, and neither am I married to
one. I’ve had no previous experience or knowledge of the law, except what I’ve
read in crime novels, and I’ve never been to an autopsy, yet after many trials
and tribulations I finally got the job as a crime writer. It’s my belief then that you should write
what you are enthusiastic about, but you also need some additional qualities.
Persistence and patience are
essential in order to be able to ferret out the information you require. This can
be desk research via the Internet, the library and/or by speaking to individuals.
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January 31, 2015
What's on in February 2015
But never fear Andy Horton fans because I am not deserting my rugged and
flawed detective. I've already written the first draft of DI Andy
Horton 13 so it will be back to that as soon as I have finished Art
Marvik 2. Meanwhile the twelfth in the DI Andy Horton series, Fatal Catch is to be published in autumn 2015.
I
will be entertaining two very different audiences in February with tales of
murder, mystery and mayhem and telling them how I write, research and
plot my crime novels.
Read more by clicking on the above title or the link to the right.
January 26, 2015
The recipe for a perfect crime series- a rugged hero and an ever changing sea
A flawed and rugged hero cop, a strong cast of diverse characters, set
them against the ever changing sea of the Solent on the South Coast of England, mix with mystery and toss in a dead
body or two and you have the the perfect recipe for an entertaining
crime series - the DI Andy Horton marine mystery crime novels.
Women readers often tell me they are in love with DI Andy Horton (join
the queue) and men like him because he's an action guy - he's fit,
fearless and forty. Rugged and flawed Andy Horton is a maverick cop who
is tough on villains and prepared to take risks in his search for
justice. He's
been raised in children's homes after his mother abandoned him as a
child. He has a desperate need to belong and yet is always on the
outside. Being alone is his greatest fear, yet he is alone.
The
novels are set against the atmospheric backdrop of the sea in the
Solent area on the South Coast of England. Estranged from his wife, who
does her best to prevent him from seeing his eight year old daughter,
Emma, Andy Horton lives alone on his yacht in Southsea Marina and rides a
Harley Davidson.
Read more by clicking on the above title or the link to the right.
January 21, 2015
Entertaining the ladies of Southampton Tangent Club with tales of crime
branch of the National Association of Tangent on a cold Tuesday on the
20 January. The lunch was held in the Keats Restaurant, Ampfield, near
Romsey in Hampshire and a very good lunch it was too with great
company.
Afterthe two course lunch I entertained the audience with tales of my crime
heroes and especially the exploits of my rugged and flawed detective DI Andy Horton. This was followed by questions and a book signing.
Read more and see the photographs by clicking on the title or the link to the right.
