Deadly Waters- Policing the Solent - crime fiction meets crime fact on the water

The DI Horton marine mystery crime novels include members of a fictional Hampshire Police Marine Unit - Sergeant Dai Elkins and PC Rilpey - who take Horton and members of the Major Crime Team across the Solent from Portsmouth (where Horton is based in CID) to the Isle of Wight to solve crimes there and get on the track of villains.

Hampshire's history of maritime policing dates back to 1873 when it used a rowing boat to combat crime around the docks. Things have come a long way since then. It has recently invested in a new modern fleet to police the coastline stretching from Dorset to Sussex and out to 12 miles offshore. The fleet includes a 12-metre catamaran with sonar, CCTV, thermal imaging cameras and the latest in satellite communications; a general purpose patrol launch, which has a body recovery platform, and two 8m rigid inflatable boats, which can reach speeds of up to 55 mph on the water. I've been promised a trip on one of these but I think I'll wait for a calm, sunny and warm day!

Plenty there to give me ideas for crime novels.
Undercurrent the ninth in the DI Horton series will be published by Severn House in the UK in January 2013 and in the USA in May 2013.




POSTED BY: PAULINE ROWSON
NOVEMBER 23RD, 2012 @ 6:30:04 UTC
NOVEMBER 23RD, 2012 @ 6:30:04 UTC
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