marine mysteries | marine mysteries
Feb.27.2013
I had a great time speaking to the lovely members of the Holbury and Fawley U3A on Tuesday 26 February. They made me very welcome and were a superb audience. I talked about how I write my DI Andy Horton marine mysteries and my thrillers.
I'm pleased to say that I will be talking at...
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Dec.06.2011
How do you come up with titles for your crime novels? With great difficulty or considerable ease is the answer. Some titles can come instantly, almost the moment the novel hits the page (or rather the computer screen) Dead Man's Wharf was one such case. Others are like pregnancy,...
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Nov.16.2011
I'm delighted to be returning to Crimefest in 2012 where I’ll be joining a fabulous line up of crime writers including P. D James, Lee Child and Sue Grafton along with Peter James and many more of my crime writing buddies. I’m also looking forward to meeting up with my publisher there, the team...
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Nov.03.2011
My publisher Severn House has done some exciting things this year and I don't mean publishing my DI Andy Horton crime novels, although that is exciting. They have also entered the world of social media and I am delighted to see they now have a Facebook page and a Twitter account.
They've also been...
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Jun.13.2011
National Crime Writing Week kicks off today in the UK and runs until June 19, 2011. This doesn't mean that everyone should start writing crime fiction and neither does it mean that us crime writers will be furiously scribbling away during the week to meet some magical target, or because it's the...
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Mar.10.2011
This is a question I am often get asked by journalists, readers and people who attend my talks. So I thought I'd give you a shortened version of my answer, below.
I loved adventure and mystery novels when I was young, and this has continued throughout my adulthood with crime fiction. I adore...
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Feb.07.2011
One of the essentials for a good novel is a strong central character, someone the reader can have empathy with, urge on, sometimes get angry and frustrated with and someone the reader can get close to and believe in. I like heroes so I guess they have to be that, but heroes have flaws too, and can...
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Dec.22.2010
Over seventy people attended the prize giving ceremony last night of the Wight Fair Writers Circle, Winter Short Story Writing Competition in Newport on the Isle of Wight, UK. I was very honoured to be asked to give a talk at this wonderful event and to present the prizes to the adult category...
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Dec.17.2010
Broad Chalke, near Salisbury is a picturesque English village with a beautiful ancient church, a stunning old English Inn, a post office, village shop and a village hall and where I gave a talk on 21 December to the Women's Institute about my Inspector Andy Horton marine mystery police procedural...
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Dec.13.2010
Many of you know that I draw my inspiration and ideas from the area in which I live and where my DI Andy Horton crime novels and thriller novels are set: Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight and generally the Solent area on the South Coast of England.
My marine mystery country is a vibrant area full of...
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