Tide of Death introduces the enigmatic DI Andy Horton, whose patch is Portsmouth and the Solent area on the South Coast of England. The action opens on a foggy August Bank Holiday and to mark the occasion Tide of Death is on a special offer on Amazon Kindle for August Bank Holiday, only 23 - 26 August. So if you haven't met Andy Horton yet here's your…
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The third in the DI Horton series (currently eleven) set on the South Coast of England in Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight is on a special Kindle offer for August only £1.99 or $3.34.
As Horton is forced to confront his past he's faced with a dangerous adversary who will stop at nothing to prevent the truth from coming out...
DI Horton is…
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To celebrate international yacht racing and Cowes Week, Death Surge, the tenth in the DI Andy Horton series of police procedural crime novels, set against the backdrop of Cowes Week is on a special price promotion via Aerbooks.
At only £2.49 and $3.99 for one week only until 7…
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February sees the publication in paperback of Death Lies Beneath,the eighth in the series of British Police Procedural crime novels featuring the flawed and rugged detective, DI Andy Horton. It has also be released as an unabridged audio…
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Time frames in novels, and particularly when writing a series, as I do with the DI Andy Horton novels, are a tricky thing. There is ‘real time’ and there is ‘fictional time’.
In ‘real time’ I write two DI Horton novels a year whereas in ‘fictional time’ the current novels are set over a period of sixteen months, which means there are an awful lot of murders in Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, making it…
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The second stop on my book tour of South Wales on the publication in the UK of the tenth in the DI Andy Horton crime series, Death Surge,was at Pontarddulais, a town situated just under ten miles to the north west of…
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My recent book tour of talks in South Wales on the publication in the UK of the tenth in the DI Andy Horton crime series, Death Surge, kicked off in Abertridwr Library.
Abertridwr is a village in the borough of Caerphilly, Wales in the Aber Valley. The English translation is…
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Death Surge, the tenth in the mystery crime series, featuring the flawed and rugged DI Andy Horton, is published by Severn House in the UK and Commonwealth. It will be published in the USA on 1 January 2014 when it will also be released as an e book and available on all devices including Kindle, Kobo and Nook.
The DI Andy Horton series has received good reviews both in the UK and the USA where they have been hailed as 'multilayered, twisted and complex,' and likened to the…
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Writing a crime series and keeping each novel fresh is always a challenge for crime writers. There are now nine in the DI Andy Horton series and number ten, Death Surge, is being published by Severn House in September 2013 in the UK and on 1 January 2014 in the USA. So DI Horton has come a long way since first appearing in Tide of Death in 2006.
So how does a writer keep the series fresh and the central character of interest to readers?
Readers buy my books…
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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…
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Book Title: DEATH ON A GALICIAN SHORE
Author: Domingo Villar
ISBN: 9780349123417
Location: Spain
Series: Inspector Leo Caldas
Year of Publication: 2011
Publisher: Little Brown
Book Synopsis
One misty autumn dawn in a quiet fishing port in northwest Spain, the body of a sailor washes up in the harbour.
Detective Inspector Leo Caldas is called in from police headquarters in the nearby city of Vigo to sign off on what appears to be…
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Death Lies Beneath, the eighth DI Andy Horton marine mystery set on the South Coast of England, in the Solent area of Portsmouth, has received some lovely reviews in America from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly.
American Book reviewer, Kirkus says, "Horton’s 8th is a treat for fans of the puzzle-box mystery."…
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A whole host of titles in the popular DI Andy Horton crime series by Pauline Rowson are to be released over the next eight months.Responding to demand Severn House Publishers is to publish the new DI Andy Horton crime novel, Undercurrent, the ninth in the series, in the UK in January 2013 and in the USA in May 2013. They have also…
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My crime novels and thrillers are set in the Portsmouth and Isle of Wight area and I took a special trip across the Solent on the Wightlink ferry, St Clare, last week to sign copies of my latest DI Andy Horton novel Death Lies Beneath.…
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Book Title: DEATH BY BEAUTY
Author: Gabrielle Lord
ISBN: 9780733627309
Location: Sydney
Series: Gemma Lincoln
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Year of Publication: 2012
A 'vampire' is stalking the streets, attacking beautiful young women; some are murdered days later, others aren't touched again. Gemma Lincoln, PI, begins to see a pattern - but can she convince the authorities to take action before another life is lost?
How far would you go to…
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Book Title: SUMMERTIME DEATH
Author: Mons Kallentoft
ISBN: 9781444721577
Location: Sweden
Series: Malin Fors
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Year of Publication: 2012
As the temperature in Sweden reaches a record-breaking 45º, forest fires break out. All those who have failed to escape Linkoping for the summer take shelter indoors, shocked and paralysed by the heat.
However, when a teenage girl is discovered naked and bleeding in the…
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Book Title: A DENIABLE DEATH
Author: Gerald Seymour
ISBN: 9781444705850
Location: Afghanistan, Iran
Series: Badger Baxter
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Year of Publication: 2011
C.R.O.P.: Covert Rural Observation Posts are places where men like Danny 'Badger' Baxter hide for endless, motionless hours, secretly recording criminal or terrorist activity.
But now Badger has a bigger job than photographing dissident Republicans in muddy…
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Book Title: DEATH IN THE LATIN QUARTER
Author: Raphael Cardetti
ISBN: 9780349122564
Publisher: Little Brown
Year of Publication: 2010
Early one morning in Paris, the tranquillity of the Sorbonne University is shattered by a death. But why would Albert Cadas, a quiet, crumpled professor of medieval literature, have any reason to kill himself. Meanwhile, Valentine Savi, a talented young restorer, receives a visit from an enigmatic elderly gentleman with a…
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Book Title: DEATH AND THE SPANISH LADY
Author: Carolyn Morwood
ISBN: 9780975112939
Location: Melbourne
Series: Eleanor Jones
Publisher: Pulp Fiction Press
Year of Publication: 2011
Death and the Spanish Lady is the first novel in a trilogy featuring Sister Eleanor Jones.
The year is 1919 and Eleanor has returned to Melbourne after nursing in France. Her intention to knit herself up after war is played out against a richly realised…
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