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, convi
Dead Man's Wharf
β Scribed by Pauline Rowson
- Publisher
- Severn House;Summersdale Publishers Ltd
- Year
- 2010;2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 184 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1847511325
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
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 Starred Review
About the Author
Pauline Rowson is the author of the contemporary crime novels featuring the flawed and rugged Inspector Andy Horton whose patch is Portsmouth CID. Her crime novels have been hailed as the 'Best of British Crime Fiction,' an 'exemplary procedural,' 'an entertaining read in an engaging series,' and her writing likened to that of Ed McBain.She is also the author of two fast-paced, thrillers one of which is In Cold Daylight which was voted by the public as one of the top ten best reads for World Book Day. Her Marine Mysteries, Tide of Death, Deadly Waters, The Suffocating Sea , Dead Man's Wharf and Blood on the Sand and her thrillers In Cold Daylight, and In for the Kill are based around the Solent, but her books have an international readership and have been translated into several languages. Pauline was longlisted for the prestigious Dagger in the Library Award 2008.
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