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The DI Andy Horton crime novel I'm currently writing, which is number eight in the marine mystery police procedural series, opens on 8 June, and I was struck by an idea while returning to the mainland from the Isle of Wight yesterday and seeing the hordes of people crossing for the tenth Isle of Wight Festival. I knew that I just had to put the Isle of Wight Festival in the novel somewhere and I know exactly where and how. Slipping off the Wightlink Ferry yesterday afternoon I saw the police operation in Portsmouth and in previous years I've seen it on both sides of the Solent, including the dogs in action, sniffing out drugs. Up to 75,000 people are descending on Seaclose Park on Isle of Wight for a weekend of fun, friendship and music and hopefully nothing else.  It kicks off proper today with fine weather forecast until Sunday when heavy rain is expected, which is a pity because it has hardly rained since the beginning of April. There is a 24-hour police campsite offi...

Murder, treachery, deceit and betrayal set against the backdrop of the south coast and the Solent? It must be another case for DI Andy Horton .  I'll be appearing at the Isle of Arts Festival Ventnor at the splendid Royal Hotel ,Ventnor on Sunday 17 April at 4pm. Tickets cost £3.00 I'll be revealing what inspires me and how I research and write my crime and thriller novels, two of which are set on the Isle of Wight, the DI Horton crime novel Blood on the Sand and the thriller, In For The Kill. All my crime novels and thrillers are set around the Solent area, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. I do hope some of you can join me on the Isle of Wight and I look forward to the talk at the Royal Hotel , a magnificent hotel. Tickets can also be purchase on the door there.

Tickets are now on sale for my event at the exciting and vibrant Isle of Wight Festival in April . You can read about my event and other events taking place over the weekend of 15-17 April at Ventnor on the Isle of Wight on the website , but below is a taster. "Murder, treachery, deceit and betrayal set against the backdrop of the south coast and the Solent? It must be another case for DI Andy Horton . His creator, novelist Pauline Rowson, combines her fascination with mystery and adventure with a love of the sea and in doing so has created a whole new genre of crime fiction – the marine mystery. Her rugged and flawed hero from Portsmouth CID not only has complex and bloody crimes to solve, he has his demons to face from his own past and is battling for access to his daughter. Pauline will reveal what inspires her and how she researches and writes her novels at Isle of Arts on Sunday 17 April at 4pm ." For tickets visit the online box office: http://artsisle.org/tic...