Pauline Rowson's Books
Jan.30.2013
When naval historian Dr Douglas Spalding is found dead in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard, the Major Crime Team is adamant it is suicide. When another body is found in similar circumstances Horton is convinced they’re looking at murder; but not so his bosses. The deaths have all the hallmarks of a cover-up at the highest level, but who is behind it and why? As Horton gets...
Jul.31.2012
When ex con, Daryl Woodley is found dead on the marshes bordering Langstone Harbour the Intelligence Directorate believe his murder is linked to big time crook Marty Stapleton currently serving time in prison. DI Horton is not so sure. He attends Woodley’s funeral in the hope it will give them a lead in an investigation that has drawn a blank at every turn. It does but not in...
Jan.26.2012
When a body is found floating in the sea off Portsmouth harbour, Detective Inspector Horton initially judges it to be an accidental death. Soon though, to his dismay, he discovers he’s got it very wrong. Accused of being incompetent by his boss, and with the head of the Major Crime Team coming down heavily on him, Horton wonders if he’s allowed his ongoing investigation into...
Jan.27.2011
Friday the thirteenth begins badly for DI Andy Horton when he wakes to find his Harley has been vandalized and his boss, DCI Lorraine Bliss, has returned early from her secondment to HQ. Then, convicted murderer, Luke Felton, released on licence, is reported missing and a decomposed corpse is washed up in Portsmouth harbour. But before Horton can get a grip on either case, he’s...
Dec.03.2010
DI Horton is called to investigate a suspicious fire on board a boat, but as soon as he arrives at the marina he experiences a premonition so strong that it’s almost audible. As he views the charred remains of the dead man he knows instinctively that this investigation will be like no other, and he’s right. Soon Horton is forced to confront the past, not just the victim’ past, but...
Mar.01.2007
The second in the DI Andy Horton series of marine mystery police procedurals, set on the South Coast of England
When a woman, the head teacher of a struggling local school, is found brutally murdered in Langstone Harbour DI Andy Horton is appointed to lead the investigation but not for long if Superintendent Uckfield has his way. Horton is given only a week to find the killer,...
Blood Upon The Sand
Pauline Rowson
The fifth Inspector Horton Marine Mystery Crime novel
Inspector Andy Horton’s holiday peace is shattered when stepping out across an abandoned golf course on the Isle of Wight on a cold, grey January, he finds himself facing a distraught young woman with a gun in her hand, leaning over a corpse in one of the discarded bunkers. When she...
Horton and Cantelli are called to a nursing home where an elderly resident, suffering from dementia, claims she's been attacked by an intruder. Horton is ready to dismiss it as senile ramblings until he discovers that her room-mate has died, the dead woman's belongings are missing and her son, convicted for armed robbery, has been found dead in his cell. As if this isn't enough,...
A fast-paced, action-packed thriller full of twists and turns.
Alex Albury has it all: a successful public relations business, a luxurious house, a beautiful wife and two sons. Then one September morning the police burst into his home and arrest him. Now, three and a half years later, newly released from Camp Hill Prison on the Isle of Wight, Alex is intent on finding the man who...
A fast-paced, controversial, hard-hitting thriller based on a tragic true story.
Fire fighter Jack Bartholomew dies whilst trying to put out a fire in a derelict building. Was it an accident or arson? Marine artist Adam Greene doesn't know, only that he has lost his closest friend. He attends the funeral ready to mourn his friend only to find that another funeral intrudes upon...
An Inspector Horton Marine Mystery Crime Novel.
DI Horton is called to investigate a suspicious fire on board a boat, but as soon as Sergeant Cantelli turns into Horsea Marina, Horton experiences a premonition so strong that it's almost audible. As he views the charred remains of the dead man he knows instinctively that this investigation will be like no other, and he's right...
An Inspector Andy Horton Marine Mystery Crime Novel.
When a woman, the head teacher of a struggling local school, is found brutally murdered in Langstone Harbour DI Andy Horton is appointed to lead the investigation - but not for long if Superintendent Uckfield has his way. Horton is given only a week to find the killer, after that he will be shunted off the case. Horton now...
A gripping crime novel featuring the flawed but ruggedly seductive Inspector Horton.
He's tough as a container ship, having dredged through the sludge of life's sewerage since childhood. When he is not fighting crime on the streets of Portsmouth, on the south coast of England, he's trying to clear his mind of the stench of evil on the Solent. But often, as in real life, there's...
About Pauline
Hailed in the USA as the new Ed McBain and with her writing compared to Joseph Wambaugh, Pauline Rowson is a British crime author with International sales and a growing following of fans of her fictional flawed and rugged detective, DI Andy Horton...
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Causes Pauline Rowson Supports
Fire Fighters Benevolent Fund, http://www.firefighterscharity.org.uk/text.asp?PageID=2 Motor Neurone's Disease Association...
Pauline’s Favorite Books
Too many to mention but anything by Robert Goddard and Reginald Hill as well as the Golden Age of Crime novels.