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Here's a snappy little fun video I've put together of my library book tours up north and in South Wales.  It was compiled to celebrate Libraries Week in October but my thanks goes out all year round, to all libraries and to all my lovely readers.

Libraries change lives.  One small one in Portsmouth changed mine as a child, without it I would never have discovered the joy of reading and writing. Thank you Alderman Lacey Library in Portsmouth.

A woman found brutally murdered on the Mulberry in Langstone Harbour. A note on the body "Have you forgotten ME?" Horton has only a week to find a killer...

"Rowson adds an appealing hero to the British Police Procedural ranks." Kirkus Reviews (USA)

Watch the book trailer for DEADLY WATERS in paperback, e book, Amazon Kindle

      

The small country town of Fordingbridge in the New Forest on the banks of the River Avon once famous for its smuggling and the infamous Captain Diamond, the 'Smuggler King', was the location for another crime this time fictional when I  entertained readers at Fordingbridge Library with tales of my fictional crime busting heroes, Inspector Andy Horton and undercover investigator, Art Marvik on Thursday 19 October 2017.

This was three years before Coronavirus and all its consequences reared its ugly and unwelcome head, putting paid to so much of our social interchange including talks like this, although I am delighted that the libraries have re-opened.  So here I am revisiting some of my previous talks and feeling nostalgic.

Inspector Andy Horton is a flawed and rugged cop, instinctive, tough and resilient, but deeply empathetic. A man very much defined by a tormented past, but with hopes for his future.  There are sixteen in the DI Andy Horton series.  TIDE OF DEATH is the first in the Portsmouth set coastal crime series

      

"Fans of Rowson’s DI Andy Horton books will be delighted with her new series. A likeable, smart, tough, but all too human hero. A tense, terrifying thrill ride that twists and turns with dizzying speed.A cracking-good series - action fans need Marvik on their radar." Booklist

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I've put together a fun snappy little video of my library talks in England and Wales.  This one looks at some of the fab libraries and readers I've entertained in the South and West of England, talking about my fictional crime busting heroes and how I write my coastal based crime novels.  I hope you enjoy it!

      

I talked about my crime novels and my crime busting fictional heroes, the flawed and rugged DI Andy Horton and my undercover investigator, Art Marvik a former Royal Marine Commando who appears on three mystery thrillers..

I explained how locations along the south coast of England provide the inspiration for my crime novels and how I turn these ideas into multi-layered and gripping plots.

Continuing my theme of looking back at my talks over the years, in the absence of them in 2020 because of the rules and regulations surrounding  Covid-19, I was delighted to entertain members of  Bournemouth Probus Club on Tuesday 9 October 2018 with tales of my crime busting heroes - the flawed and rugged DI Andy Horton and  undercover investigator, Art Marvik a former Royal Marine Commando.

Undercover investigator Art Marvik is tasked to find the truth behind a fifty year old mystery but as he unravels its dark and dangerous secrets someone is determined to stop him from ever revealing them.

'Rowson’s superhero, Art Marvik, returns in another pulse-pounding adventure. Delivering more than enough action to keep adrenaline junkies reading.' Booklist

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, in the first in the series, DEATH IN THE COVE set on the Island of Portland, Dorset, and again in DEATH IN THE HARBOUR set in Newhaven Port, East Sussex. It is a partnership set to continue and destined to solve many more multi-layered coastal crimes.

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Catch a glimpse of the gripping, multilayered Inspector Andy Horton crime novels in this new video. Full of twists and turns an entertaining read in and engaging series. Available in paperback, ebook, kobo, kindle and  some as audio books. Can also be borrowed from libraries in the UK, Commonwealth and USA.

The atmospheric mystery series set in 1950s England features Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Alun Ryga who teams up with former war photographer Eva Paisley.

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