Crime author Pauline Rowson nominated for the Dagger in the Library Award


I'm delighted and proud to have been included in the nominations list for the prestigious CWA (Crime Writers' Association) Dagger in the Library Award voted for by librarians for a body of work by a crime writer that users of libraries particularly admire. Only librarians can nominate authors for the award. It is one of the most prestigious crime writing awards in the UK.

Previous winners include Mari Hannah, Elly Griffiths, Christopher Fowler, Sharon Bolton, Belinda Bauer, Mo Hayder, Stuart MacBride, Jake Arnott, Alexander McCall Smith, Stephen Booth, Peter Robinson,  Lindsey Davis and in 2018 Martin Edwards.

Up to three members of staff from each UK library can nominate with a closing date of 28 February 2019.

The Dagger in the Library is to reward authors who have been bringing pleasure to library users with their crime books for over 10 years; have never previously won the CWA Dagger in the Library and have never won the CWA Diamond Dagger.

I have nineteen crime novels published - fourteen in the Inspector Andy Horton police procedural series; three Art Marvik mystery thrillers and two standalone thrillers.  My crime novels have been translated into other languages and many are available as audio books.


My latest crime novel DEAD PASSAGE is number fourteen in the Inspector Andy Horton series and was published in 2018. It is available in paperback, as an ebook and on Kindle. My first crime novel, DI Andy Horton number one, Tide of Death, was published in 2006.


A mysterious telephone call sends Horton on a complex and twisted investigation into the death of a local politician twelve years ago and uncovers a trail of lies, secrets and revenge with roots deep in the past.

"A detective novel in the tradition of Rankin and Harvey." Mystery People Magazine

 

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