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Please see below the latest book news and updates from crime writer, Pauline Rowson. This includes a great review for the latest Inspector Andy Horton crime novel, Blood on the Sand, and the exciting news that two of Pauline's novels will soon be translated into Chinese.

 

There are also brief details of her forthcoming talks and engagements. Plus you can read what inspired Pauline Rowson to write her crime novels on her website blog. 

 

For more news, book details and information on Pauline Rowson's engagements you can visit her official web site at www.rowmark.co.uk  or her personal blog at www.paulinerowson.com

 

 

In the fifth Marine Mystery, Blood on the Sand, Detective Inspector Andy Horton’s Isle of Wight vacation is cut short when he encounters what appears to be the scene of a murder—and a woman who seems to be the killer, still holding the murder weapon. But there’s far more to it than that, and soon Andy is deep into an investigation that reaches far into the past.

USA Reviewer, Booklist says, 'Like Ed McBain, Rowson works many subtle variations on the procedural formula (including very interesting relationships between Andy and a couple of his superiors). A definite winner in the crowded field of British procedurals.'

Ed McBain, (born Evan Hunter) who died in 2005, virtually invented the American police procedural with his gritty 87th Precinct series featuring an entire detective squad as its hero. It’s classed as one of the most popular crime series in the world. He also wrote many screenplays, including the one for Hitchcock’s film The Birds.

Booklist adds of Blood on the Sand, ‘This is another solid entry in a consistently well written series.'

Blood on the Sand is published by Severn House and is available in hardcover from bookshops and on line. It is also available in the public libraries.

Translation rights have been sold to China for two crime novels by Pauline Rowson. Tide of Death the first in the Inspector Andy Horton marine mystery series and In Cold Daylight a crime thriller novel are to be published in China later this year by Guizhou People’s Publishing House of Guizhou in the People’s Republic of China.

The deal was done through Chengdu Rightol Media & Advertisement Co Ltd. of Chengdu, China.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Southern Area Awards Ceremony for the shortlisted entrants for the first National Young Crime Writers' Competition, organised by the Crime Writers' Association of Great Britain and supported by the Library Service was held on Saturday 24 April, hosted by Portsmouth Central Library. Crime writer, Pauline Rowson was honoured to judge the entries and to present certificates and a signed and dedicated copy of one of her Inspector Andy Horton Marine Mystery crime novels: The Suffocating Sea to the ten shortlisted entrants.

Pauline Rowson says, 'It was so lovely to meet so many young people who enjoy writing and reading and it was an incredibly difficult task choosing a winner. In the end I had to choose between two stunning entries.'

A Highly Commended was awarded to the runner up George Neame from Bognor Regis, and the winnner was Natasha White from Horsham. Congratulations to them both and to everyone who was shortlisted.

 

Natasha White will now compete with the other regional winners for the national prize, which will be annouced during National Crime Fiction Week, 14-21 June 2010. Many thanks to Portsmouth Libraries, Southampton Libraries, West Sussex Libraries and the Isle of Wight Libraries.

 

 

 

 

 

Pauline Rowson is to be a guest author on a panel at an International crime convention, CrimeFest which takes place at the Bristol Royal Marriott Hotel on Friday 21 May.

CrimeFest attracts fans of crime fiction from around the World and first came to Britain in 2008 from America.  Supported by The Times and Blackwells, CrimeFest will also feature top crime writer, Colin Dexter, creator of Inspector Morse.

Pauline Rowson is to appear on a panel at CrimeFest on Friday, 21 May between 10.10 - 11.00 called No More Heroes: Today's Sleuths & Crime Solvers.  She will be discussing this subject and her crime writing with fellow crime writers, J. G. Goodhind, Linda Regan, Neil White and Lindsey Davis.

CrimeFest runs from 20-23 May 2010.Click here for the full programme.