Countdown to the new DI Andy Horton FATAL CATCH

It's four weeks until the NEW DI Andy Horton crime novel FATAL CATCH is published in the UK in hardcover by Severn House on 28 September.  You can pre-order your copy at any bookshop in the UK or on line and on Amazon UK.

FATAL CATCH will be published in the USA in January and you can also pre-order your copy now on Amazon USA

It is the twelfth in the DI Andy Horton crime series and Andy is hot the heels of a new investigation while there is a new twist to his personal investigations into his mother's disappearance thirty years ago. 

DI Andy Horton is a flawed and rugged cop. Living on board his small yacht in Southsea Marina since his estrangement from his wife, Catherine. The sailing detective is rarely at peace, unless he is on the sea. When fighting crime he is prepared to take risks and is fearless in his search for justice. He's been raised in children's homes and foster homes after his mother abandoned him as a child. He has a desperate need to belong and yet is always on the outside. Being alone is his greatest fear, yet he is alone.

Fatal Catch, like the other DI Andy Horton crime novels is set against the atmospheric backdrop of the sea in the Solent area of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight on the South Coast of England

Trust no one, believe nothing….

Detective Inspector Andy Horton is called out to examine a gruesome catch by two fishermen: a human hand. Is it that of missing violent criminal Alfie Wright – or is he the killer? And where is the rest of the corpse? Soon Horton finds himself immersed in a complex case where everyone has a reason to lie and no one is who they seem. Assailed by doubts both in his personal and professional life,Horton desperately tries to keep his emotional feelings under control and his focus on his work. His instincts tell him to trust no one and believe nothing;he’s not sure though whether this time he’ll succeed …