British Crime Novel By Pauline Rowson Selected For Arts Council Initiative To Promote New And Burgeoning Talent

The second novel in the popular marine mystery crime series featuring fictional detective Inspector Andy Horton, Deadly Waters by Pauline Rowson, has been selected as one of ten titles to be featured in a special promotion in the UK throughout February aimed at promoting new and burgeoning talent.

Deadly Waters will be featured as part of an Arts Council initiative in conjunction with Legend Press called 'Exclusively Independent' aimed at bringing independent bookshops and independent publishers together to feature some of the best books from new and burgeoning talented authors. Books are selected on a monthly basis by an industry panel to feature in the promotion.

Pauline Rowson, from Hampshire, is the author of several marketing and motivational books but is better known for her crime fiction featuring DI Horton and her thriller novels one of which, In Cold Daylight was voted by the public as one of the top ten titles for the World Book Day Prize 2008. Others in the DI Horton series have been chosen by online retailers, Amazon and The Book Depository as the "Best of British Crime Fiction" and the fourth in the Horton series, Dead Man's Wharf was given a star rated review and hailed as an 'exemplary procedural' by top USA reviewer Kirkus. Rowson's novels are set on the south coast of England where she lives and are published in the UK and the USA and have already been translated into several languages.

Pauline Rowson says, 'I'm delighted that one of my novels was selected for this exciting promotion. I am a supporter of both Independent bookshops and libraries.'

Deadly Waters is published by Severn House and Fathom in hardcover, trade paperback and mass market paperback. It is also available as an e book and as a talking book published by Isis. The mass market version retails at £6.99. The special promotion runs from 10 February to 10 March 2010.