Undercurrent, the ninth in the marine mystery crime series featuring the flawed and rugged detective DI Andy Horton will be published in America in hardcover and released internationally as an e book, available on all e readers including, Kindle, Kobo and Nook on 1 May 2013.

Undercurrent was published in the UK and Commonwealth by Severn House on 30 January 2013.

Set in the Solent area on the South Coast of England the DI Horton series has received critical…

I will be undertaking a book tour in the North East of England in April to publicise my latest crime novel to feature the flawed and rugged DI Andy Horton, Undercurrent,published by Severn House and to talk to readers about how I research, plot and write my novels.…

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."…

A Killing Coast, the seventh in the DI Horton series is now available as an ebook pubished by Severn House. 

Set on the South Coast of England, in the Solent area, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight,…

I'm delighted to announce that I have signed a contract with my publisher Severn House for the next in the DI Andy Horton series of marine mystery crime novels set on the South Coast of England.

Undercurrent is the ninth crime novel to feature the flawed and rugged DI Andy Horton and is set in Portsmouth, UK. It is to be published in the UK January 2013 and in the USA in July 2013. It is…

The eighth in the DI Andy Horton series of marine mystery crime police procedural novels, Death Lies Beneath is officially published today in the UK in hardcover by Severn House.  It will be published in the USA in November.

Death Lies Beneath by Pauline Rowson…

It only seems like five minutes ago I was writing the entry for June and here we are in July (and with little sign of the summer in the UK). So what's happening in July?



On 5 July I am to be guest crime author at the annual conference of the British Society of Criminology taking place at the University of Portsmouth, Institute of Criminal…

I am frequently asked questions about the cover designs for many of the DI Horton crime series so I thought it was about time I exposed the genius behind some of the broody and evocative covers that grace the bookstore and library shelves in the UK and the USA and which are seen on various web sites including, of course,…

I was delighted to meet up with my publisher, Severn House at the London Book Fair. Below are some of the team from Severn House and me with Kate Lyall-Grant and the jacket cover of Death Lies Beneath which will be published in July 2012.…

Here is the cover image for the new DI Andy Horton crime novel Death Lies Beneath, which will be published in the UK in July 2012. It is the eighth in the DI Horton series.

April is looking to be a busy month. First up is a visit to the London Book Fair to meet my overseas agents, my editor and my publisher, Severn House.  It's always great visiting the London Book Fair and catching up with all my friends and contacts in the publishing world.…

My publisher, Severn House, has brought forward the publication of the next DI Andy Horton crime novel, number eight in the series, Death Lies Beneath.

Death Lies Beneath will be published in the UK in July 2012. A Killing Coast, number seven in the series, was published in the UK in January and will be published in the USA in May 2012 and Death Lies Beneath will be published in the USA in November 2012.So Horton fans have two new crime novels in the series this year to…

The seventh in the DI Horton series of Marine Mystery crime novels A Killing Coast is to be published in hardcover by Severn House in the UK on 26 January 2012 and in the USA in May 2012.



Here are some photographs taken from the locations featured in A Killing Coast a British police procedural.The novel…