August DI Andy Horton has three gripping crimes to solve

It's August and DI Andy Horton has three complex crimes to solve but not all in the same year.  The first introduces the Harley-Davidson riding, sailing detective, DI Andy Horton in THE PORTSMOUTH MURDERS.

THE PORTSMOUTH MURDERS (1)

A hot Bank Holiday morning on the South Coast of England. Detective Inspector Andy Horton is running early along the pebbled beach at Southsea. The fog has yet to clear. He almost stumbles over the naked body of a man on the shore.

"The face was almost obliterated. Blood had seeped onto the pebbled beach, dark red, staining the stones around the man's head. Bottle-green seaweed was wrapped around his ankles and he was naked; his arms were outstretched, he palms facing upward, fingers curled.

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"He straightened up, wiping the sweat from his face,and stared around, but all he could see was the fog and all he could hear was the mournful boom of the foghorns in the Solent calling to one another like long lost giants.

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It's Detective Andy Horton's second day back in Portsmouth CID following his suspension. Eight months ago, his life fell apart when he was suspended for misconduct. His wife, Catherine, kicked him out and stopped him seeing his daughter, Emma. The young woman who’d accused him went missing and the charges were dropped, but Horton's personal and professional life are still in a mess. Now he has a point to prove he's still a good cop, And he's determined to clear his name.

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"Brilliant. Couldn't guess who done it and why!! Look forward to the next one. Hope Andy gets to see his daughter." J. R Amazon

Fast forward to the next August. 

THE OYSTER QUAYS MURDERS ( Book 9)

DI Andy Horton and his colleague, Detective Sergeant Cantelli, have had many more cases to solve in the ensuing year and this one, THE OYSTER QUAYS MURDERS (9) on a thoroughly wet August, proves to be particularly challenging.  Add to this is Horton's on going quest to discover what happened to his mother, Jennifer, when she disappeared when he was child.

"Horton squinted through the rain of his visor watching the police vehicle stop at the end of the road in front of the Hard. They'd probably been called to a fight at one of the pubs there. He should go home, but as the lights changed, he found himself swinging right, instead of heading straight ahead, home to his boat

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"Thought you were on holiday,' Cantelli said zapping the car locked.
"I am."
"Yeah, can't think of anywhere I'd rather be on a wet August night in a persishing wind looking at a dead body."

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"Another great book by this author. Very clever storyline and well written. The series is compelling reading. A must for lovers of mysteries." GN, Amazon

THE COWES WEEK MURDERS (10)

It's Cowes Week and DI Andy Horton is called back from his sailing trip by a frantic Sergeant Barney Cantelli whose nephew, Johnny, due to join a sailing team on one of the large yachts taking part in the international racing during Cowes Week, has gone misisng. The news brings Horton straight back to work and on the investigation into Johnnie's disappearance that soon triggers a race to find a killer.

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 "Brilliant, I had to keep going till the end."

"Very good story, really exciting and a good twist at the end."

"Pauline Rowson continues to spin fiendishly complicated plots that take us up blind alleys and then when we think we've solved it she throws in a red herring. I love it!"

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