A look back at my talks and book signings in 2016


Poole Central Library, Dorset talking to readers about how I plot, research and write my crime novels. The DI Andy Horton series is set in the Solent and features Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight while in the Art Marvik marine based mystery series, Silent Running and Dangerous Cargo, Marvik takes his boat into marinas and harbours on the Dorset coast on deadly and dangerous missions.

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Watch me in action on video talking about my hero DI Andy Horton

I have also appeared at each CSI Portsmouth and have had the delightful task of being the moderator. This year it took place at the Pyramids Centre, Southsea and I shared the stage with fellow crime author Elly Griffiths and two crime experts, Simon Mound, a crime scene investigator with Hampshire Police’s Scientific Services Department with expertise in the recovery of firearms and the examination of firearm related crime scenes, and Jonathan Smith, a forensic scientist with expertise in the examination of blood and body fluids, hairs, fibres, botany and wood fragment identification and adviser to many UK Police forces.
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Membership of the Probus Club is open to men aged 60 or over, or who have partially or fully retired from professional or business activities. There are many Probus clubs around the UK and I have had the pleasure at speaking to quite a few. On this occasion the men were joined by their wives, partners and widows of previous members and it was lovely to see so many people there.

Over seventy members of Odiham U3A got the taste for murder on a bright sunny May day.
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"Thank you so much for coming along to our meeting and giving us some insight into how you tackle writing your books. I've had a huge amount of feedback saying how much people loved your talk."
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You can also watch me in action on a video taken of my talk at Bookham U3A



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It was the turn of the ladies to be entertained in October when I was guest speaker at the Ladies Lunch at Esseborne Manor Hotel, Andover. Murder and mystery was on the menu on Monday 31 October when I regaled the ladies at lunch with tales of my fictional detective, the enigmatic DI Andy Horton and of the dangerous missions for former Royal Marine Commando, Art Marvik who is working as an undercover investigator for the UK's National Intelligence Marine Squad. (NIMS).
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I explained how I create my characters, draw up my plots and research and write my crime novels. I was really pleased to sign copies of my crime novels for so many DI Andy Horton and Art Marvik fans and impressed by the fact that my readers seemed to know more about my heroes than I did!

My thanks to the gentlemen of Poole Probus for inviting me to speak and indeed my thanks to everyone who has asked me to entertain them in 2016, to all the lovely people who attended my talks, to those who bought my novels and to my readers.
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DECEMBER 28TH, 2016 @ 6:58:52 GMT