Murder, treachery, deceit and betrayal set against the backdrop of the south coast and the Solent?

It must be another case for DI Andy Horton. His creator, novelist Pauline Rowson, combines her fascination with mystery and adventure with a love of the sea and in doing so has created a whole new genre of crime fiction – the marine mystery.

Her rugged and flawed hero from Portsmouth CID not only has complex and bloody crimes to solve, he has his demons to face from his own past and is battling for access to his daughter.

Pauline will reveal what inspires her and how she researches and writes her novels at the Royal Hotel, Ventnor, Isle of Arts on Sunday 17 April.