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Before CSI Portsmouth 2011 was held on Saturday 5 November, I compiled some questions for our panel moderator to put to the crime experts, a Forensic Psychologist, a Crime Scene Expert and two detectives from Hampshire Police. One of the questions came from a writer in Australia.    Question How close is the liaison between the Australian and British Police on a murder investigation? This question was put to one of the detectives on the CSI Portsmouth 2011 Panel on Saturday 5 November. Answer The answer from the detective on the Major Crime Unit in Hampshire Police was that it depends on the seriousness of the case.  If it is murder though, liaison between the British and the Australian police is very close.  If the murder was committed in Britain then someone from the UK police would fly out to Australia to track down the killer and interview him/her with the assistance and  full co-operation of the Australian Police and it works the other way. I...

The panel debate - crime fiction versus crime fact - at CSI Portsmouth 2011 on Saturday 5 November at the John Pounds Centre, Portsmouth, England, with best selling crime authors and experts was enjoyed by over a hundred people and was highly entertaining and very informative.  The feedback from the audience was fantastic. I enjoyed it tremendously and I am delighted to say so too did those who attended and the panel guests. Here are some photogrpahs from the event. The audience waiting for the event to begin Best sellling crime authors Mark Billingham, John Harvey, Michael Ridpath and Pauline Rowson  at CSI Portsmouth We were joined by crime experts: Dr Claire Nee, Director of the International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology at Portsmouth University, Dr Paul Smith, Crime Scene Expert from the University of Portsmouth, DC Nick Bettesworth from the Major Crime Unit Hampshire Police and DS Martin Chudley Crime Scene Manager from Hampshire Police. Also ...

CSI Portsmouth 2011 held on Saturday 5 November at the John Pounds Centre, Portsmouth, England was voted a great day's entertainment by the people who attended it. Over a hundred people attended the packed morning programme of talks and a hundred and fifteen the afternoon panel debate. Here are some photographs from the morning programme and tomorrow I'll post some from the afternoon panel debate. The morning programme consisted of talks from former Detective Superintendent and crime writer Bob Bridgestock, fingerprint expert Jane Aston from Hampshire Police Fingerprint Bureau, Lucy Wainwright, forensic psychologist from the University of Portsmouth International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology and me on Writing A Crime Novel. From left to right: Back: Carol and Bob Bridgestock, Jane Aston. Front: Pauline Rowson , Lucy Wainwright Bob Bridgestock - True Crime- How a Murder Scene is Worked Jane Aston- Hampshire Police Fingerprint Bureau Lucy Wainwrig...

Looking forward to CSI Portsmouth today and joining my fellow crime writers, best selling crime authors Mark Billingham, John Harvey  and Michael Ridpath along with Police, forensic psychologists, fingerprint experts, Scene of Crime Officers for a day of crime fiction and crime fact.  Tickets are on sale on the door at the John Pounds Centre, Portsea, Portsmouth UK. So if you haven't booked you can still come along. If you want to know: how the fingerprinting bureau works, what it’s like to be in charge of a major murder investigation, what makes someone commit murder, how a crime scene is worked, how crime authors come up with their intricate plots, how they research their novels, how they turn fact into fiction then join us for a packed programme of crime at the crime scene: John Pounds Community Centre, Portsmouth 23 Queen Street, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hants, PO1 3HN Telephone Number: 023 9289 2010 http://www.johnpoundscentre.co.uk/how_to_find_us.html CSI...

Tomorrow is the big CSI Portsmouth event being held at the John Pounds Centre, Portsmouth (UK). Tickets are available on the door for the afternoon panel debate with crime writers, Mark Billingham, John Harvey, Michael Ridpath and me ( Pauline Rowson) versus crime experts: Dr Claire Nee, Forensic Psychologist; Dr Paul  Smith, Scene of Crime expert, and two police detectives from Hampshire Police: DS Martin Chudley and DC Nick Bettesworth. Over the past weeks I have been featuring the speakers and panellists for CSI Portsmouth and last but by no means least are the two police officers.  I am just in awe of these guys who do a fantastic job often against the odds and up against ever increasing and often unnecessary bureaucracy.  DI Andy Horton my fictional detective knows all about that!  DI Horton is very much an action man and, of course, crime fiction is different to crime fact... or is it?  Come to CSI Portsmouth to find out. DS Martin Chudley – Hamps...

I shall once again be on the Julian Clegg Breakfast Programme on BBC Radio Solent tomorrow Wednesday 2 November at 6.45am. I'll be bringing Julian and his listeners up to date with my book news including the exciting one day event CSI Portsmouth 2011 - where crime fiction meets crime fact - at John Pounds Community Centre, Portsea, Portsmouth, England on 5 November.  I am giving a talk at CSI Portsmouth on Writing A Crime Novel - plotting, researching and writing the crime novel, using the Solent area for the setting and inspiration for my DI Andy Horton crime novels. I'll also be talking to Julian Clegg about my new DI Horton novel due to be published on 26 January called A Killing Coast. You can tune into the show via the BBC Radio Solent web site.  CSI Portsmouth 2011  John Pounds Community Centre, Portsmouth 23 Queen Street, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hants, PO1 3HN Telephone Number: 023 9289 2010 http://www.johnpoundscentre.co.uk/how_to_find_us.html Satu...

Former Detective Superintendent Bob Bridgestock , and now a crime writer with his wife Carol, is appearing at CSI Portsmouth 2011 on Saturday 5 November at the John Pounds Centre, Portsea. Bob is giving a talk on true crime, how a real murder case is worked and it promises to be an entertaining and very informative talk.   Bob Bridgestock worked in the CID at every rank, retiring as a Detective Superintendent. In his last three years alone as a Senior Investigative Officer (SIO) he took charge of twenty-six murder investigations, twenty-three major incidents including shootings and attempted murders and over fifty suspicious deaths and numerous sexual assaults. He was a Force Hostage Negotiator and was involved in a protracted high profile investigation of police corruption in another police force. He was commended twenty four times for his work. With his wife, Carol, who also worked with the police as a support worker for seventeen years, they are now joint authors of the...

Had a great time on the Pompey Bus at Havant Town Centre yesterday between 8.30am and 9am talking to Adrian Knight of Express FM on his breakfast show. In the bus with us was Darren Gamblen who was getting ready for his show from 9am and Graham (don't know his surname) who was doing all the techy bits.  His daughter Kate was with us because it is half term week. A lovely little girl and so good at being quiet when we were on air. In fact she was very quiet most of the time. Inside the Pompey Bus preparing for the show It was a lovely interview with lots of laughs and a bit of a chat in between, talking about the DI Horton crime novels set in the Solent area and the forthcoming CSI Portsmouth event on Saturday 5 November at John Pounds Centre, Portsmouth. The boys on the bus Pauline Rowson on air with Adrian Knight in the back (left) and Graham in the foreground Next up is the Julian Clegg Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Solent 2 November.  It is always a great ple...

Over the last few weeks I've been featuring the speakers who are appearing with me at CSI Portsmouth on Saturday 5 November at the John Pounds Centre, Portsmouth, UK. This week I'm featuring best selling crime author Michael Ridpath who joins me, and crime authors Mark Billingham and John Harvey for the afternoon between 2pm - 5pm along with police from Hampshire's Major Crime Team, forensic psychologist Dr Claire Nee,  and crime scene expert, Dr Paul Smith for a lively panel debate. The audience will have the chance to put their questions to any of the crime experts or crime authors, but if you can't be there and you'd like to ask a question then please post one here and I will ensure it is put to the panel, and post their reply here. CSI Portsmouth on 5 November where crime fiction meets crime fact. Michael Ridpath shot to fame with his first novel, a financial thriller, Free to Trade , which was published in the spring of 1995 and reached number two in the...

Unfortunately owing to personal circumstances Dr Neil McCaw whose talk was to be on Victorian Crime Fiction at CSI Portsmouth on Saturday 5 November has had to withdraw from the programme. I will be stepping in to take his place in addition to being on the panel event in the afternoon.  I won't be talking about Victorian Crime Fiction though but about writing a crime novel.  My talk will take place in the morning of Saturday 5 November between 10.00am - 11.00 am and again between 11.30am - 12.30pm. Sorry to disappoint all those who were looking forward to Dr McCaw's talk but hopefully I can make up for it in some small way. Here are the details: Writing A Crime Novel - plotting, researching and writing the crime novel If you've ever wondered where crime writers get their ideas from, how they turn those ideas into complex plots and sub plots, how they research for their novels and how the fiction compares with the fact now is your chance to find out. Pauline Rowson ...

I had a great time on the radio last week, talking to David Nove on Angel Radio Isle of Wight and Peter Walkden on Vectis Radio. Thought I'd share some photographs here taken during the radio interviews. From left to right: Carol Bridgestock, David Nove, Pauline Rowson and Bob Bridgestock Carol Bridgestock, David Nove and crime author Pauline Rowson Crime authors Pauline Rowson and Bob Bridgestock talking about how they write their crime novels That's it folks, the show is over Crime author Pauline Rowson getting ready to go on air with Peter Walkden Vectis Radio Peter Walkden, Vectis Radio and Crime Author Pauline Rowson Crime authors Bob and Carol Bridgestock and Pauline Rowson on Angel Radio with David Nove, and Pauline Rowson on Vectis Radio talking about their crime novels and CSI Portsmouth on 5 November at John Pounds Centre, Portsea

This is just one of the questions lined up to be asked, and answered, at the forthcoming CSI Portsmouth event on Saturday 5 November in Portsmouth, England. Forensic psychologists Lucy Wainwright and Dr Claire Nee, Director of the International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology at Portsmouth University will discuss this and more aspects of their fascinating work at CSI Portsmouth. And if your views of a forensic psychologist are of the overweight lumbering Cracker on television then you’re in for a surprise. Join Lucy Wainwright in the morning to discover how her work compares to that of the fictional forensic psychologists and join Dr Claire Nee on our panel in the afternoon with crime authors, Mark Billingham, John Harvey, Michael Ridpath and Pauline Rowson.   Lucy Wainwright Lucy Wainwright is a researcher at the University of Portsmouth’s International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology – the largest of its kind in the UK.  She studied at both...

On Saturday 5 November in Portsmouth a group of top crime authors and crime experts will come together to debate and discuss crime fiction versus crime fact at CSI Portsmouth . There is the chance for the audience to put their questions to the panel on the day  but if you can’t be there (or even if you can) what questions would like to ask?  I would like to compile a list of  your questions to put to the authors and experts You can post your question: here on my blog send me a message or post on my Facebook Page post your question on the CSI Portsmouth event page on Facebook send it to me on Twitter using the hashtag #csiportsmouth  or post it on my web site I will put these questions to the appropriate panel member/s.  I’ll post their answers after the CSI Portsmouth event  You can address your question to an individual panel member (see below) just tell me who, or it can be a general question connected with crime fiction or crime fact. The c...

I’m delighted that award wining crime author, John Harvey has agreed to be on our afternoon panel at CSI Portsmouth, where crime fiction meets crime fact, at the John Pounds Centre, Portsmouth on Saturday 5 November. I consider it a real privilege to be appearing with a crime writer whose novels I have enjoyed and admired. And flattered that my own DI Horton crime novels have been compared to John Harvey's Frank Elder novels by reviewers in the States. John Harvey began writing in 1975, and now has over 100 published books to his credit, most recently a collection of short stories, A Darker Shade of Blue. The first of his celebrated Charlie Resnick novels, Lonely Hearts, was named by The Times as one of the 100 most notable crime novels of the last century. Flesh and Blood , the first of three Frank Elder novels, was awarded both the British Crime Writers’ Association Silver Dagger and the US Barry Award in 2004. In 2007 he received the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for Sustai...

I recorded two interviews with Tony Smith of Angel Radio (Havant) on Monday, and one of those interviews will be broadcast tomorrow, 7 October at 10am. I am chatting to Tony about Footsteps on the Shore , my DI Horton marine mystery crime series , e books and the forthcoming CSI Portsmouth event on Saturday 5 November where crime fiction meets crime fact. Angel Radio was first broadcast in February 1999 in Portsmouth. Now it broadcasts 24/7 on 101.1 FM in Havant and you can also listen to the programmes via the Internet. Angel Radio accentuates the positive aspects of being an older person, providing a radio station for older people to run themselves and is unique in that it specialises in records made before 1960. The station has a huge following across the ages and has listeners all over the World including Europe, Australia and the USA. It is well worth tuning into. CSI Portsmouth is on 5 November at John Pounds Centre, Portsmouth and there is a great line of speakers inc...

Last Friday I appeared with fingerprint expert Jane Aston from Hampshire Police on the Adrian and Sally on Portsmouth Live TV talking about how crime fiction differs from crime fact.  It was a lively interview and you can see the programme by clicking on this link. Being wired up Jane Aston will be giving a fascinating insight into the work of the fingerprint bureau at CSI Portsmouth on 5 November 2011 at John Pounds Centre, Portsmouth. There is a great line up of speakers including crime authors Mark Billingham, John Harvey and Michael Ridpath along with forensic psychologists, police, fingerprint and crime scene experts. Pauline Rowson, Jane Aston with Adrian Knight holding up CSI Portsmouth Posters Full details including the programme are on my official web site at CSI Portsmouth . Tickets on sale from the Box Office + 44 (0) 23 9268 8685. Tickets cost £5 for the morning and £7 for the afternoon with a discounted ticket of £10 for the whole day, which includes £3 of...

I’ll be chatting to Darren Gamblen this morning on Express FM 93.7 FM at 10.10.  We’ll be talking about the marine mystery crime novels set in the Solent and about the forthcoming CSI Portsmouth event where crime fact meets crime fiction on Saturday 5 November at John Pounds Centre, Portsmouth.  Hope some of you can tune into the show on 93.7 FM at 10.10 and join me at CSI Portsmouth 2011 in November.

The London Underground poster campaign for Portsmouth BookFest kicks off today and I’m thrilled to see the cover image of the sixth in the DI Andy Horton series of marine mystery crime novels, Footsteps on the Shore, a dvertised on it, along with fellow crime author Mark Billingham’s cover for Good As Dead.       We’re there because we are both participating in CSI Portsmouth on Saturday 5 November at John Pounds Centre, Portsmouth along with crime authors, John Harvey and Michael Ridpath.   Joining us during the day are crime writers Bob and Carol Bridgestock, Victorian Crime expert Dr Neil McCaw, and police and scene of crime experts from Hampshire Police plus forensic psychologists from the University of Portsmouth International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology. It promises to be a great day.   We’ve got the fingerprinting team from Hampshire Constabulary, ready to take your fingerprint and press it into a key fob for you to take away, and we’ve...

CSI Portsmouth on Saturday 5 November 2011 where crime fiction meets crime fact, has a great programme of speakers lined up including international best selling crime authors, Mark Billingham, John Harvey, and Michael Ridpath who will be appearing with me on a panel debate in the afternoon along with police, scene of crime and forensic psychology experts. In the morning we also have some interesting and entertaining speakers and one of these is Victorian crime fiction expert, Dr Neil McCaw . Sherlock Holmes fans are in for a treat because Dr Neil McCaw will be talking about Victorian crime fiction: the influence of Holmes and Conan Doyle. Where did modern crime fiction begin? What or who kick-started the craving for the fictional detective both in novels and latterly on television? Whatever your ideas on this, unarguably one of the greatest fictional detectives is Sherlock Holmes. Dr McCaw is Academic Director of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, Lancelyn Green Bequest, one of ...