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MAY 20TH, 2013

China buy translation rights to another DI Andy Horton Mystery Crime Novel by Pauline Rowson

China have bought the translation rights to another in the DI Andy Horton mystery crime series.

Just days ahead of the London Book Fair 2013, translation rights were sold to China for the latest in the popular Solent based mystery crime series, featuring the flawed and rugged DI Andy Horton, by British author Pauline Rowson, Undercurrent.

Nanhai Publishing Company of Haikou has now bought translation rights to eight novels in the DI Horton series which are published in the UK and USA by Severn House.

Deadly Waters, the second in the Horton series, The Suffocating Sea, Dead Man's Wharf and Blood on the Sand have been published in China this year.

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MAY 13TH, 2013

Pauline Rowson to appear at Chichester Festival with Simon Brett and Peter Lovesey

Pauline Rowson, author of the popular DI Andy Horton mystery crime series set in the Solent area on the South Coast of England, will be appearing at the Festival of Chichester with crime writers Peter Lovesey and Simon Brett both of whom she has appeared with before at CSI Portsmouth an annual event that brings crime fiction and fact together. 

Under Interrogation will provide a lively evening’s entertainment and give the the audience the chance to grill the authors on the subject of their writing, characters, research, experiences and much more.

For further information and booking details visit the Festival of Chichester website



MAY 10TH, 2013

Undercurrent, latest DI Horton, now published in the USA in hardcover and as an ebook

Undercurrent, the ninth in the popular marine mystery crime series featuring the flawed and rugged detective DI Horton  has now been published in America in hardcover and has been released internationally as an e book, available on all e readers including, Kindle, Kobo and Nook.

Undercurrent was published in the UK and Commonwealth by Severn House on 30 January 2013.

Set in the Solent area on the South Coast of England the DI Horton series has received critical acclaim both in the UK and the USA where Rowson has been compared to Ed McBain and Joseph Wambaugh, and their British counterparts, including the work of Peter Robinson and John Harvey.  Translation rights to the Horton series have recently been sold to China where they are being published in 2013.

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MAY 1ST, 2013

Isis buy unabridged audio book rights to three more Rowson Crime Novels

Isis Publishing, the World’s leading publisher of unabridged audio books, has bought the rights to three more crime novels by Pauline Rowson featuring the flawed and rugged detective DI Andy Horton.

 Isis has already published four unabridged audio books in the DI Horton mystery crime series: Deadly Waters, The Suffocating Sea, Dead Man’s Wharf and Blood on the Sand published in hardcover, paperback and as ebooks available on all ereaders, including Kindle, Kobo and Nook..

They have bought unabridged audio book rights from Severn House Publishers to Footsteps on the Shore, A Killing Coast and Death Lies Beneath. They will be released in CD, cassette and MP3 CD format and available as a download.

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