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Marine mystery crime novels

Author:
Rowson, Pauline
 
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Star rating for Tide of Death
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1.
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It is DI Andy Horton's second day back in Portsmouth CID after being suspended for eight months. Whilst out running in the early morning he trips over the naked battered body of a man on the beach. PC Evans has been stabbed the night before, the DCI is up before a promotion board and Sergeant Cantelli is having trouble with his fifteen-year-old daughter. But Horton's mind is on other things not least of which is trying to prove his innocence after

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Star rating for Deadly waters
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2.
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When a woman, the head teacher of a struggling local school, is found brutally murdered in Langstone Harbour DI Andy Horton is appointed to lead the investigation – but not for long if Superintendent Uckfield has his way. Horton is given only a week to find the killer, after that he will be shunted off the case. Horton now has a point to prove as well as a complex murder case to solve. A note was found on the victim – Have you forgotten

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Star rating for The Suffocating Sea
Series Volume:
3.
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DI Horton is called to investigate a suspicious fire on board a boat but as soon as he arrives at the marina he experiences a premonition so strong that its almost audible As he views the charred remains of the dead man he knows instinctively that this investigation will be like no other Soon Horton is forced to confront the past not just the victims but the mystery surrounding his mothers disappearance over thirty years ago As the pieces of a

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Star rating for Dead man's wharf
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4.
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Horton and 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. As if this isn't enough, Horton also has to deal with a series of threatening telephone calls

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Star rating for Blood on the sand
Series Volume:
5.
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A body in a bunker on a disused golf course, a woman with a gun, and a web of international intrigue... DI Andy Horton's holiday peace is shattered when stepping out across an abandoned golf course on the Isle of Wight on a cold, grey January morning, he finds himself facing a distraught young woman with a gun in her hand, leaning over a corpse in one of the discarded bunkers. When she professes to be the dead man's sister and psychic, Horton's

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Star rating for Footsteps on the shore
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6.
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Star rating for A killing coast
Series Volume:
7.
Description:
"When a body is found floating in the sea off Portsmouth harbour, Detective Inspector Horton initially judges it to be an accidental death. Soon though, to his dismay, he discovers he's got it very wrong. Accused of being incompetent by his boss, and with the head of the Major Crime Team coming down heavily on him, Horton wonders if he's allowed his ongoing investigation into the disappearance of his mother over thirty years ago to cloud his judgement....
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Star rating for Death lies beneath
Series Volume:
8.
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Detective Inspector Andy Horton is not convinced the death of ex-con Daryl Woodley is linked to big-time crook Marty Stapleton. When a second body is found on a rotting boat in Portsmouth Harbour, Horton is thrown into the middle of a complex and frustrating investigation and time may be running out, not only for the investigation but also on a personal level.
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Star rating for Undercurrent
Series Volume:
9.
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When naval historian Dr. Douglas Spalding is found dead in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard, the Major Crime Team is adamant it is suicide. When another body is found in similar circumstances Horton is convinced they're looking at murder; but not so his bosses. The deaths have all the hallmarks of a cover-up at the highest level, but who is behind it and why? As Horton gets closer to the truth and uncovers a personal twist, someone is determined

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Star rating for Death Surge
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10.
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A telephone call from a frantic Sergeant Cantelli to say that his nephew, Johnnie Oslow, is missing cuts short Detective Inspector Horton's sailing trip to France. Summoned back to the Isle of Wight, Horton learns that Johnnie has not shown up for racing during Cowes Week, as previously arranged. The investigation is ranked low priority by Horton's boss, Detective Chief Inspector Lorraine Bliss, who like others believes Johnnie has probably gone

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Star rating for Shroud of Evil
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11.
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Detective Inspector Horton of Portsmouth CID is assigned the case of a missing person: Jasper Kenton, a private investigator. Eunice Swallows, Kenton's partner,seems reluctant to help them, and Horton concludes that she is probably relieved to be rid of him. He instructs Sergeant Cantelli and DC Walters to put out the usual alerts, believing Kenton has probably run off with another woman.
But when Kenton's car turns up, and a shocking discovery...
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Star rating for Fatal Catch
Series Volume:
12.
Description:
Trust no one. Believe nothing . . .
DI Andy Horton is called out to examine a gruesome catch by two fishermen: a human hand. Is it that of missing violent criminal, Alfie Wright – or is he the killer? And where is the rest of the corpse?
Soon Horton finds himself immersed in a complex case where everyone has a reason to lie and no one is who they seem. Assailed by doubts both in his personal and professional life, Horton...
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Star rating for Lethal Waves
Series Volume:
13.
Description:
Two apparently unrelated deaths draw DI Andy Horton into the dangerous current of a complex and disturbing case.

DI Andy Horton's meal with his old friend, Inspector John Guilbert of the States of Guernsey Police, is cut short when a smartly dressed, affluent woman is found dead in her cabin on the ferry from Portsmouth to Guernsey. There doesn't appear to be any suspicious circumstances.

As soon as he returns to...