Dead Man's Wharf: An Inspector Andy Horton Mystery: An Inspector Andy Horton Crime Novel (4)
Author(s): Pauline Rowson (Author)
Publisher: Fathom
Publication Date: 24 Feb. 2011
Language: English
Print length: 240 pages
ISBN-10: 0955098254
ISBN-13: 9780955098253
Book Description
Inspector Andy Horton and Sergeant Cantelli are called to a nursing home where an elderly resident, suffering from dementia, claims she’s been attacked by an intruder. Horton is ready to dismiss it as senile ramblings until he discovers that her room-mate has died, the dead woman’s belongings are missing and her son, convicted for armed robbery, has been found dead in his cell. Coupled with a series of threatening telephone calls to a television personality, and a mother’s conviction that her son’s death on Christmas Eve was no accident, Horton finds he is caught up in a complex investigation that has far-reaching international implications. With the pressure on to find a killer, and hampered by his belief that his bosses are lying to him, Horton discovers that he’s stepped into a web of intrigue, deception and corruption that stretches back into the past.
‘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.’ Starred Review Kirkus (USA)
Set against the atmospheric backdrop of the sea in the Solent area of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight on the South Coast of England.
Editorial Reviews
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. –Kirkus
Andy Horton is an especially good series hero, a likeable fellow with plenty of street smarts and the requisite personal baggage an abrasive supervisor and an antagonistic soon to be exwife. Procedural fans who haven’t already read Rowson should be encouraged to do so in the strongest possible terms. –Booklist
As 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. –AudioFile Magazine e
About the Author
Adventure, mystery and heroes have always fascinated and thrilled Pauline, that and her love of the sea has led her to create her exciting and gripping range of crime novels. Pauline Rowson is the author of twenty-two crime novels – fifteen featuring the rugged and flawed Portsmouth detective, Inspector Andy Horton; three in the mystery thriller series featuring Art Marvik, the troubled former Royal Marine Commando now an undercover investigator for the UK’s National Intelligence Marine Squad (NIMS), two standalone thrillers, the award winning, In Cold Daylight and In For the Kill and the 1950 set mystery series featuring Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Alun Ryga. Her crime novels have been highly acclaimed in the UK, USA and Commonwealth. They have been translated into several languages. Multi-layered, fast-paced, and compelling, they are full of twists and turns and are played out against the dramatic and powerfully evocative British marine landscape of the south coast of England.
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