Pauline Rowson to appear at CSI Basingstoke on 6 July 2013

Pauline Rowson, author of the DI Andy Horton series of crime novels set on the South Coast of England, is to appear at an event called CSI Basingstoke on Saturday 6 July at the Basingstoke Discovery Centre in Hampshire, England.

CSI Basingstoke is modelled on the highly successful CSI Portsmouth, the brainchild of Pauline Rowson, which is now in its fourth year. 

The CSI events bring together crime fiction and crime fact with crime authors and police and forensic experts appearing on a panel in front of an audience. The first CSI Portsmouth was held in 2010.  Crime authors who have appeared include: Mark Billingham, Simon Brett,  Stephen Booth,  Ann Cleeves,  Graham Hurley,  John Harvey,  Matt Hilton, June Hampson,  Michael Ridpath,  Peter Lovesey, and Pauline Rowson. 

They have been joined in this one day event by forensic experts and police from from the Hampshire Major Crime Team. The crime authors and experts for CSI Portsmouth 2013 are to be announced shortly and the event takes place this year on Saturday 2 November at the The Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard.

Pauline Rowson says, 'The CSI events are proving so popular that I was also pleased to be asked to assist with the organisation of CSI Gateshead in April which featured crime authors Mari Hannah and Matt Hilton and a former crime scene officer and detective from the Serious Incident Team of Northumbria Police. I'm looking forward to CSI Basingstoke on 6 July.'

CSI Basingstoke is a morning event. On the panel with Pauline Rowson will be crime author Peter Lovesey who has won many major awards for his crime novels.His latest in the Detective Peter Diamond series is 'The Tooth Tattoo'.


Pauline Rowson's crime novels featuring DI Andy Horton have received rave reviews both in the UK and the USA. The ninth in the series Undercurrent is published this year. She has also written a couple of popular fast-paced thrillers.

They will be joined by Carolyn Lovell, Senior Manager, Hampshire Police Crime Scene Investigations and Jane Aston, Fingerprint Supervisor/Acting Bureau Trainer at Hampshire Police.

Tickets cost £5 and are available from Basingstoke Discovery Centre or by phone on 01256 478670.

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