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Marine Mysteries (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Another stormy day on the south coast of England and another day of catching up with my writing, although I need a little sort out of the plot lines first. Nevertheless the next DI Horton is steaming along. I aim to finish this second draft by Christmas and then it will be revision time until, hopefully, it is ready in March. I explained how I write my marine mystery crime novels yesterday at...
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Marine Mysteries (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... angels and dogs is our perfect paperback." So here's my cunning plan for getting the next DI Horton marine mystery crime novel stocked in Asda: A reality TV personality is murdered on the day her misery memoir is published. The flawed and rugged DI Andy Horton is called in to investigate, but he's blocked at every turn, until an Angel arrives in the form of a Springer...
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Marine Mysteries (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Yesterday, as the rain and wind bashed against the window of my office I escaped into the world of DI Horton in the new crime novel I’m writing, as yet untitled. It will be the sixth in the marine mystery crime series featuring Inspector Horton and my eighth crime novel. Blood on the Sand , the fifth Horton novel, is due to be published on 28 February 2010, and Dead Man’s...
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Marine Mysteries (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Lee-on-the-Solent Library is my destination this afternoon to give a talk about my marine mystery crime novels and my life as a writer. It's a lovely little place with a High Street set just off the seafront. I'll be able to gaze across the Solent, which of course, is Inspector Andy Horton's patch, to the Isle of Wight beyond, getting a view of the western part of the Island and Cowes...
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Marine Mysteries (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
I was asked the other day how I feel when I tap out the immortal words THE END at the completion of a novel. The timing of the question was quite eerie because I was just reaching the final pages of the copy edits of my latest DI Horton marine mystery crime novel Blood on the Sand which is being published by Severn House in February next year. It is the fifth in the Inspector Horton series....