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Last week I went on location to take photographs of the area where my new Inspector Andy Horton marine mystery crime novel , Footsteps on the Shore is set. Footsteps on the Shore is set around Portsmouth, Portchester Castle and the Hayling Island Coastal Path. It will be published on 27 January and you can pre order on Amazon , The Book Depository or at your local bookshop. (It's cheapest on The Book Depository with free worldwide delivery.) First I'd thought I'd post the photographs of  Portchester Castle. Tomorrow I'll post some of the other photographs of where the novel is based. There are some great photographs of the castle and surrounding area on the English Heritage web site and this is what it says about this amazing and atmospheric place: "The most impressive and best-preserved of the Roman 'Saxon Shore' forts, Portchester Castle was originally built in the late 3rd century." Looking towards the Keep of Portchester Castle from ...

This morning I did some location research for the Inspector Horton crime novel I am currently writing, which will be number six in the marine mystery crime series. (Called marine mysteries because they are all set against the backdrop of the sea, around the Solent area on the south coast of England).  This  Horton novel is again based in Portsmouth and around the harbours of Portsmouth and Langstone, and this time also around the historic and splendid ruins of Portchester Castle. (Photograph courtesy of the English Heritage web site).   Portchester Castle is an impressive ruin of a Roman 'Saxon Shore' fort, originally built in the late 3rd century.   "It is the only Roman stronghold in northern Europe whose walls still mainly stand to their full 6 metre height, complete with most of their originally twenty towers," and well worth a visit if you are in the area. There are stunning views over Paulsgrove Lake into Portsmouth Harbour. And there's al...