The story behind the story - Death Surge - DI Andy Horton 10, now in paperback

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.



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 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.



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