I was delighted to meet such an enthusiastic audience at my talk at
Portchester Library, Hampshire on 7 December where I talked about the
inspiration behind my Solent based crime novels featuring the flawed and
rugged
DI Andy Horton and my South Coast marine based crime novels featuring former Royal Marine Commando,
Art Marvik.
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Pauline Rowson at Portchester Library talking about her
crime novels
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I took the audience through the process of how I plot, research and write my novels. The
DI Andy Horton crime novels are
set against the atmospheric backdrop of the sea in the Solent area of
Portsmouth, Fareham, Gopsort and the Isle of Wight on the South Coast of
England. They have been hailed as "compelling," "multi-layered and
complex" "a great read for mystery lovers".
There are twelve novels in the
DI Andy Horton series, with
Fatal Catch
the latest published in the UK in hardcover by Severn House Publishers
in September 2015 and released as ebook on 20 December 2015. It will
be published in the USA on the 1 January 2016.
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Pauline Rowson at Portchester Library with Fatal Catch, a DI Andy Horton Mystery
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My flawed and rugged detective has been described
by US reviewer Booklist as " an especially good series hero, a likeable
fellow with plenty of street smarts and the requisite personal baggage –
an abrasive supervisor and an antagonistic soon-to-be ex-wife.
Procedural fans who haven’t already read Rowson should be encouraged to
do so in the strongest possible terms."
I'm thrilled that the
DI Andy Horton series
has been optioned by top UK television production company Lime
Pictures, makers of Channel 4's Hollyoaks,who are seeking to bring the
enigmatic sailing detective to the television screens.
I have also written two standalone crime novels,
In Cold Daylight and
In For The Kill and the first in a new crime series, introducing former Royal Marine Commando, Special Boat Services Officer,
Art Marvik in
Silent Running published by Severn House in 2015.
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Pauline Rowson Portchester Library talking about Silent Running crime novel
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Silent Running
has been hailed in the USA by Booklist as "A tense, terrifying thrill
ride that twists and turns with dizzying speed, combined with a likable,
smart, tough, but all too human hero, make this a cracking-good new
series—action fans need Marvik on their radar."
The second in the
Art Marvik marine crime series,
Dangerous Cargo, is to be published in spring 2016.
It was great to meet so many
DI Andy Horton and
Art Marvik fans.
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Pauline Rowson signing copies of her crime novels Portchester
Library
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