Win two free tickets to CSI Portsmouth where crime fiction meets crime fact

Win two free tickets to CSI Portsmouth 2013 where crime fiction meets crime fact with best selling crime authors, police and forensic experts.

Saturday 2 November 2013

CSI Portsmouth 2013 brings together crime authors and crime and police experts in a unique one day event comprising two panel sessions, one in the morning the other in the afternoon.

• Meet best-selling crime authors – hear about how they write their crime novels
• Meet police and forensic experts – learn about their jobs
• Put your questions to the authors and experts
• Have your fingerprint taken by the Hampshire Police Fingerprint team and take it away in a keep sake key ring.
• Book signing and the chance to talk to the individual crime authors and experts

The National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard is to be the venue for CSI Portsmouth 2013. It is one of the settings for the latest DI Andy Horton novel, Undercurrent,

It’s a superb location with lots of atmosphere and history. The tickets for CSI Portsmouth will also include the added bonus of free entry to the exhibitions in the museum.

CSI Portsmouth is part of Portsmouth BookFest a festival of popular literature organised by The Hayling Island Bookshop and Portsmouth City Council and runs from October 19 to 3 November.

Guest crime authors and experts for CSI Portsmouth 2013 will be announced over the coming months.

For more details about CSI Portsmouth visit http://www.rowmark.co.uk/csi-portsmouth/

You can also follow CSI Portsmouth on Twitter  and on Facebook. 

Click here to enter and have the chance to win two free tickets to CSI Portsmouth 

Closing date: 14th July 2013

The cover and blurb for the new DI Andy Horton, number ten, Death Surge

Here it is the cover and the blurb for the tenth in the DI Andy Horton mystery crime series.

Death Surge is to be published in the UK and Commonwealth on 30 September by Severn House Publishers and in the USA in January 2014 when it will also be released as an ebook..

It is available for pre order from bookshops and online.  It will also be available on loan from UK, Commonwealth  and American Libraries.

Death Surge

A telephone call from a frantic Sergeant Cantelli to say that his nephew, Johnnie Oslow, is missing cuts short Detective Inspector Horton’s sailing trip to France. Summoned back to the Isle of Wight, Horton learns that Johnnie has not shown up for racing during Cowes Week, as previously arranged. The investigation is ranked low priority by Horton’s boss, Detective Chief Inspector Lorraine Bliss, who like others believes Johnnie has probably gone off with a woman.But events take a very different turn when the charred remains of a body are discovered in one of the disused tunnels at the Hilsea Lines in Portsmouth. With the arrival of Detective Chief Superintendent Sawyer of the Intelligence Directorate and Agent Harriet Eames of Europol, what began as the hunt for a missing man becomes the search for a ruthless killer . . .

Unabridged Audio Book DI Andy Horton Dead Man's Wharf and narrator Gordon Griffin get great review

Gordon Griffin is the narrator of the unabridged audio books in the DI Andy Horton series . Gordon is the voice of DI Andy Horton and the other characters in the Horton novels and is currently recording Footsteps on the Shore.  This will be followed by A Killing Coast and Death Lies Beneath.

The unabridged audio book Dead Man's Wharf, the fourth in the DI Horton series, has received a great review from Audio File 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 measured, and his tone is grave. This is not to criticize, however. One must not forget that the topic is murder.

Gordon Griffin's delivery also enhances the story's setting, the Solent area of the south coast of England, with its atmosphere of mist and the scent of the sea. As gruff Inspector Andy Horton uncovers fact after fact concerning the mysterious deaths at a nursing home, the scope of the crimes only seems to grow. Griffin makes us feel the pain and terror of hidden violence. It's a moving portrayal."

D.R.W. AudioFile Magazine  2013, Portland, Maine

Hailed by AudioFile Magazine as, ‘not simply a reader but the artist of the spoken word,’ Gordon Griffin has been an actor for over 40 years. He’s performed in everything from Shakespeare to rock musicals and such British favourites as The Likely Lads, When the Boat Comes in and Kavanagh QC. He’s also one of the people telling you to "Mind the Gap" on the London Underground! In addition to acting both on stage and screen he is a composer, lyricist and cabaret singer. For the past 20 years he’s also been involved in recording over 500 audio books, almost all are unabridged – that’s a lot of recording.

For more information about Gordon Griffin visit his website 

The DI Andy Horton  novels are published by Severn House in the UK Commonwealth and the USA and ther unabridged audio crime novels by Isis Publishing.

Under Interrogation with Pauline Rowson, Peter Lovesey and Simon Brett at Chichester Library

Tickets are now on sale for the Festival of Chichester which is taking place from the 15th June - 14th July. I will be appearing at the Festival of Chichester with my fellow crime writers Peter Lovesey and Simon Brett both of whom I have appeared with before at CSI Portsmouth.

"Under Interrogation with crime authors Pauline Rowson, Peter Lovesey and Simon Brett will provide a lively evening’s entertainment and the audience's chance to grill the authors on the subject of their writing, characters, research, experiences and much more.  An event not to be missed by crime fiction fans."

The event is being held at Chichester Library on 8 July at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £3.00. Visit the Festival of Chichester website for further information and booking details

Win free tickets to CSI Portsmouth 2013 where crime fiction meets crime fact

To celebrate National Crime Writing Month there are two free tickets to be won to CSI Portsmouth 2013.  All you have to do to enter the free prize draw is answer a simple question. All entries will be placed in a free prize draw and the winners notified within 48 hours of the closing date of the competition. Closing date: 14th July 2013.

CSI Portsmouth 2013  takes place on Saturday 2 November and is shaping up to be another exciting and entertaining event.  It brings together crime authors and crime and police experts in a unique one day event comprising two panel sessions, one in the morning the other in the afternoon.   

Meet best-selling crime authors and hear about how they write their crime novels.  Meet police and forensic experts and learn about their jobs.  Put your questions to the authors and experts.  Have your fingerprint taken by the Hampshire Police Fingerprint team and take it away in a keep sake key ring.   

There is also a book signing and the chance to talk to the individual crime authors and experts.

CSI Portsmouth 2013 is being held at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in  the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. It is one of the settings for  the latest DI Horton novel, Undercurrent.

CSI Portsmouth is part of Portsmouth BookFest, a festival of popular literature organised by The Hayling Island Bookshop and Portsmouth City Council, and runs from October 19 to 3 November.

Guest crime authors and experts for CSI Portsmouth 2013 will be announced over the coming months.

Click here to enter the competition

Closing date: 14th July 2013

DI Andy Horton's Patch - a map of the area where the action takes place

Some readers have asked for a map of DI Andy Horton's country to be included in the front of the novels. It sounds like a good idea, will have to sound out my publisher about this. Meanwhile this is a  photo of the area where the novels are set courtesy of Crown Copyright.

Most of the action in the Horton novels takes place in Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight with DI Horton and his colleagues Sergeant Barney Cantelli and  Detective Superintendent Steve Uckfield travelling across the East Solent  on the Wightlink car ferry or the Hovercraft, or with the marine police unit on the police launch with Sergeant Elkins and PC Ripley.

Horton lives on board his yacht in Southsea Marina which faces onto Langstone Harbour.

The novels are primarily set around Portsmouth Harbour, Langstone and Chichester Harbours, the Isle of Wight and Gosport. There are now nine in the DI Andy Horton series. Undercurrent was published this year and the tenth, Death Surge will also be published this year in the UK in September and in the USA in January 2014. I've also written two stand alone crime novels not in the Horton series: In Cold Daylight and In For The Kill, both of which as also set in the Solent area.

DI Andy Horton Country

 

 

Photos from my talk to Test Villages U3A about the DI Andy Horton crime novels

On 5 June  I gave a talk about my DI Andy Horton  mystery crime novels set in the Solent area on the South Coast of England, to the Test Villages U3A group at a village called Longstock near Stockbridge in the heart of the Hampshire countryside.

Pauline Rowson talking about her DI Andy Horton novels to Test Villages U3A

It was a glorious sunny day and the audience were lovely.  They asked lots of questions about my flawed and rugged detective, DI Andy Horton, and my life of crime, writing that is.

Pauline Rowson explaining how she writes her crime novels to Test Villages U3A

U3As are self-help, self-managed lifelong learning co-operatives for older people no longer in full time work, providing opportunities for their members to share learning experiences in a wide range of interest groups and to pursue learning not for qualifications, but for fun.

Next up is a talk to the Emsworth U3A  on 21 June. I'm looking forward to it.

Join Pauline Rowson during National Crime Writing Month

I'm pleased to be taking part in the Crime Writers' Association (CWA) National Crime Writing Month which kicked off on 31 May when I was on a panel at CrimeFest in Bristol and running a spotlight session on The Perfect System of Writing a Crime Novel.

Pauline Rowson at Crimefest 2013

 As part of  National Crime Writing Month (from 31 May - 15 July - OK so it's slightly longer than a month) CWA members and readers  of the Crime Readers Association will be blogging about crime and there will be some lovely giveaways.

You can subscribe to the Crime Readers Association  for free.


During National Crime Writing Month I will be giving talks and appearing at the following:

25 June at 7.30pm Waterlooville Library, Hampshire

I will be on a panel with fellow crime author Fergus McNeill and the audience will have the opportunity to grill us on the subject of our crime writing and our novels. The event is part of Waterlooville Library’s fortieth birthday celebrations and promises to be one not to be missed by crime fiction fans.

Tickets cost £5 and are available from Waterlooville Library or via the ticket line on 023 92252608.



27 June at 6.30pm Wokingham Library

I will be be talking about how I research, plot and write my crime novels and the inspiration for the DI Andy Horton series of marine mysteries set on the South Coast of England.

Wokingham Library
Denmark Street
Wokingham
Berkshire
RG40 2BB

Tickets £3.00 Refreshments provided. Call 0118 978 1368 or e mail libraries@wokingham.gov.uk

6 July CSI Basingstoke, where crime fiction meets crime fact

6 July 10am to 12.00
Basingstoke Discovery Centre
19/20 Westminster House
Festival Place
Basingstoke,
RG21 7LS
Tel 0845 603 5631

I will join fellow crime author Peter Lovesey at CSI Basingstoke along with crime experts from the Police, Carolyn Lovell, Head of Operations, Crime Scene Manager for Hampshire Police and Jane Aston, Fingerprint Bureau Supervisor  for a lively, informative and interesting debate on crime fiction versus crime fact.

Tickets £5.00 For more information visit CSI Basingstoke Book in person at the Discovery Centre or by phone on 01256 478670 Advance booking essential

CSI Basingstoke is part of Basingstoke Festival - Thursday 20 June to Sunday 14 July 2013.


8 July at 7pm Chichester Library, West Sussex

Chichester Library
Tower Street
ChichesterPO19 1QJ

Under Interrogation with crime authors Pauline Rowson, Peter Lovesey and SimonBrett

This promises to be a lively evening’s entertainment and your chance to grill us on our writing, characters, research, experiences and more. An event not to be missed by crime fiction fans.

 For further information and tickets contact: Felicity.Masters@westsussex.gov.uk
Telephone: 01243 777351

The Festival of Chichester is a city-wide festival running for four weeks from 15th June - 14th July.

10 July Frome Festival 10am to 11.30am  Crime Writing Workshop


I will be running a crime writing workshop at the Frome Festival.  Numbers are limited to 16.  It will be held at  Frome Library. Tickets £8.00    Call 0845 345 9177 or e mail frolib@somerset.gov.uk 


Hope some of you can join me at these events..