Back into the valley again - Hamble Valley that is for crime author Pauline Rowson

I entertained members of Hamble Valley U3A on 12 March 2019 with tales of my fictional sleuths, the enigmatic DI Andy Horton who features in fourteen novels and undercover investigator, former Royal Marine Commando, Art Marvik who currently appears in three mystery thriller novels.

It was a repeat performance for me as I had given a talk to Hamble Valley U3A before, that time on a hot July day in 2013. On this occasion it was howling a gale and pouring with rain.  Since my previous talk I've had nine further crime novels published, taking  me up to nineteen in total.



Hamble Valley U3A an enraptured audience for Pauline Rowson

I talked about the locations along the south coast of England that have inspired my crime novels and how I develop these ideas into fast-paced plots.





Hamble Valley U3A Pauline Rowson explaining how she plots her novels




The Inspector Andy Horton police procedural series is set in Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight while the Art Marvik mystery thrillers along the south coast including the Jurassic coast of Dorset and the Downs of East Sussex, Beachy Head and Cuckmere Haven. I'm also the  author of two standalone thrillers, In Cold Daylight and In For The Kill and two murder mystery plays.

An Inspector Andy Horton crime novel

Dead Passage is number fourteen in the Inspector Andy Horton crime series, available in paperback, as an ebook, on Amazon Kindle and also on loan from libraries.

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 Ian Rankin and John Harvey." Mystery People Magazine


Hamble Valley U3A Pauline Rowson Book Signing



Following my talk there was a lively question and answer session and a book signing.


An Art Marvik mystery thriller by Pauline Rowson

 Marvik faces a desperate battle to save others from a ruthless assassin who will stop at nothing in order to protect the secret of the Mary Jo’s last voyage from ever being exposed.

 "Plenty of action, I didn't want to put the book down. A good read for mystery/ thriller fans." Net Galley

Lost Voyage, the third in the Art Marvik mystery thriller series. Aavailable in paperback, as an e book and on Kindle.


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