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JUNE 16TH, 2021

DI Andy Horton, DEATH LIES BENEATH, a fast paced excellent mystery

DEATH LIES BENEATH is set in June. It is available in paperback, as an ebook, on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Books and Kobo, also as an unabridged audio book narrated by Gordon Griffin.

"A fast paced excellent mystery, with an interesting diverse set of characters, and an intriguing hook at the end that has me eagerly awaiting the next installment in this series. Highly recommended." Mystery People

"Pauline Rowson is an excellent constructor of false trails and DEATH LIES BENEATH is no exception. Carefully plotted, Andy Horton is a likeable if flawed character." Mysteries in Paradise.

POSTED BY: PAULINE ROWSON AT 6:37:12 BST

JUNE 15TH, 2021

Inspector Ryga Mystery DEATH IN THE NETS - an atmospheric, gripping mystery

A cold wet January night the body of a man stabbed through the heart is found tangled up in fishing nets in Brixham Harbour, Devon. Scotland Yard's Inspector Ryga is sent to investigate.

Pre-order a copy or order from any on line bookstore or your local bookshop

POSTED BY: PAULINE ROWSON AT 6:22:44 BST

JUNE 11TH, 2021

A captive audience for DI Andy Horton at Solent U3A

A captive audience Pauline Rowson talking about her crime novels at Solent U3A

I'm continuing my theme of looking back at my talks because of the absence of them since the Covid-19 crisis banned all social gatherings in Britain. But it won't be long now (hopefully) to when I can post a brand new LIVE talk on my website as I am booked to do my first talk since lock down in March 2020 on 27 July 2021 to Portsmouth U3A. This talk was to Solent U3A on 11 June 2014 when over a hundred people turned out to hear me talk about my crime novels and my flawed and rugged detective, DI Andy Horton.

POSTED BY: PAULINE ROWSON AT 6:15:30 BST

JUNE 8TH, 2021

The Art Marvik Mystery Thrillers by Pauline Rowson

Former Royal Marine Commando, Art Marvik is tough, highly trained, fearless, intelligent and fit but injuries inflicted while in combat have forced him to leave the marines and seek a new life in Civvy Street. Marvik’s not sure what lies ahead for him but when his former Royal Marine comrade, Shaun Strathen, enlists his help to find a missing computer scientist and a former girlfriend of Marvik’s goes missing after visiting him in his remote Isle of Wight cottage Marvik finds himself attached to the UK's newly formed and covert Police National Marine Intelligence Squad (NIMS) led by Detective Chief Superintendent Crowder.

Why Portsmouth is the perfect setting for marine set mysteries

My DI Andy Horton crime novels are featured on the Portsmouth Literary Map, designed and compiled by Dr Mark Frost, of the English Department at the University of Portsmouth.

The map pinpoints the locations of all the DI Andy Horton crime novels along with extracts from each of the DI Andy Horton books (15). It also gives you the locations of where I was raised, went to school and worked! The website now has an article by me on why Portsmouth is the ideal setting from my Inspector Andy Horton crime novels.

Read the full article on the Portsmouth Literary website:

Popular local crime writer explores why Portsmouth is the perfect scene for her marine mysteries.

POSTED BY: PAULINE ROWSON AT 14:48:40 BST

JUNE 3RD, 2021

DEATH IN THE HARBOUR, Ryga interviews the newsagent

England 1950 and Scotland Yard's Inspector Alun Ryga is sent to Newhaven, East Sussex to unravel the mystery of why an ordinary police constable was murdered and his wife has gone missing. "Pure detection… a great read.”

Listen to an extract from the audio book, written by Pauline Rowson, read by Jonathan Rhodes and produced by B7 Media. Death in the Harbour is available from a number of retailers including Audible.

DEATH IN THE HARBOUR also published in paperback, as an e book, on Apple, Google, Kobo, Amazon Kindle and available as an audio book on Audible.

POSTED BY: PAULINE ROWSON AT 6:23:59 BST

JUNE 1ST, 2021

The Inspector Ryga mystery series by Pauline Rowson

England 1950s, a country still struggling to come to terms with peace in the grip of austerity and rationing.

Inspector Ryga Mysteries by Pauline Rowson

The 1950s set Inspector Ryga Mystery series features Scotland Yard detective, Ryga, who is sent out to investigate baffling coastal crimes. Ryga, a former German prisoner-of-war, teams up with former war photographer, Eva Paisley. The first in the series, DEATH IN THE COVE is set on the Island of Portland, Dorset; number two DEATH IN THE HARBOUR is set in Newhaven Port, East Sussex and number three DEATH IN THE NETS is set in the fishing port of Brixham, Devon (published 4 October 2021 and available to order in paperback and on Amazon Kindle).