Pauline Rowson's Reviews
Reviews of Pauline’s Work
May.17.2013
Published by AudioFile Magazine
Narrator Gordon Griffin speaks with an educated British accent, differentiating each character in this mystery through a slight alteration in pitch and cadence. His pace is...
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May.10.2013
Published by Booklist
Although he’s officially on vacation, DI Andy Horton can’t help stopping when he sees several police cars near Portsmouth’s historic dockyard. But when he approaches, he’s...
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Apr.08.2013
Published by Publishers Weekly
In British author Rowson’s sturdy ninth police procedural featuring Det. Insp. Andy Horton (after 2012’s Death Lies Beneath), Horton investigates the death of naval historian...
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Dec.28.2012
Published by Mysteries in Paradise
Pauline Rowson is an excellent constructor of false trails and DEATH LIES BENEATH is no exception. Ex-con Darryl Woodley's death results in a funeral which Horton and a...
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Oct.08.2012
Published by Publishers Weekly
Rowson’s solid eighth police procedural featuring Det. Insp. Andy Horton (after A Killing Coast) opens with the funeral of 47-year-old Daryl Woodley, whose corpse was found on...
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Aug.09.2012
Published by Mystery People
This is 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 instalment in...
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May.09.2012
Published by Booklist
“The plot is multilayered, twisted, and complex, and while it takes concentration to keep all the characters and clues straight, readers who persevere will be rewarded with a...
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Jun.01.2011
Published by Kirkus Reviews
Horton presses on to clear up a skein of crime as tangled as one of the harbor’s ancient fishing nets. Rowson’s latest should please both Andy Horton fans and puzzle aficionados
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Jun.01.2011
Published by http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mystery/pauline-rowson/footsteps-shore/
A series of unpromising cases makes DI Andy Horton (Blood on the Sand, 2010, etc.) reconsider his choice of career.....Horton presses on to clear up a skein of crime as tangled as...
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May.01.2011
Published by Booklist
[Rowson] has clearly stepped up several notches with this outstanding entry. It deserves mention in the same breath as works in the upper echelon of American procedurals (those...
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Apr.01.2010
Published by Booklist
This is another solid entry in a consistently well written series. Like Ed McBain, Rowson works many subtle variations on the procedural formula (including very interesting...
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Mar.29.2010
Published by Euro Crime
This excellent police procedural is the seventh mystery by Pauline Rowson and opens with Inspector Andy Horton enjoying a long overdue two-week holiday on the Isle of Wight.
The...
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Jul.01.2009
Published by Kirkus
Dead Man's Wharf is a starred review. ‘Rowson turns out an exemplary procedural with the requisite plot twists, double-crosses and all loose ends tied up neatly in a sailor’s knot...
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Jan.10.2007
Published by Booklist
Give this series, making its first appearance in the U.S., a chance to find its legs.
When a mutilated body is found on a buoy in the middle of a harbor, DI Andy Horton draws the...
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Jan.05.2008
Published by Kirkus Reviews
A nicely complex plot... Murder and arson strike too close to home for a detective investigating someone else’s case.DI Andy Horton is still smarting from the double blow of being...
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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...
Connections
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.