Old friends. Dark secrets. Vicious murders.
Could this be the case that finally breaks
Detective Andy Horton?
Roxanne Keay is found on the shore of Tipner Lake. Her long dark hair plastered over her grey, lifeless face. Her blue coat open to reveal a single stab wound to the chest. At first, it looks like a senseless act of violence. But DI Andy Horton isn’t convinced.
Roxanne wasn’t a random victim. She’d been serving on the jury of a high-profile smuggling trial. Justin Haslegrave is the man in the dock. If convicted, he’s facing a long stretch in prison.
But days later, Justin is found dead. Stabbed — just like Roxanne.
Horton soon uncovers a chilling link: Roxanne and Justin shared a dangerous secret — one they took to the grave. But someone else knows the truth . . . Horton’s on the trail of a ruthless killer, one who’s determined to silence anyone who gets in their way.
Adventure, mystery and heroes have always fascinated and thrilled Pauline, that and her love of the sea has led her to create her exciting and gripping range of crime novels.
Born and raised in the coastal city of Portsmouth in the UK, Pauline Rowson draws her inspiration for her crime novels from the area. When she isn’t writing (which isn’t often) she can be found walking the coastal paths on the Isle of Wight and around Langstone and Chichester Harbours looking for a good place to put a body!
Pauline is the author of twenty-four crime novels — sixteen featuring the rugged and flawed Portsmouth detective, Inspector Andy Horton; four in the mystery thriller series featuring Art Marvik, the troubled former Royal Marine Commando now an undercover investigator for the UK’s National Intelligence Marine Squad (NIMS); two standalone thrillers, the award-winning In Cold Daylight and In For the Kill, and the 1950 set mystery series featuring Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Alun Ryga, who makes his debut in Death in the Cove with his second investigation Death in the Harbour.
Her crime novels have been highly acclaimed in the UK, USA and Commonwealth and they have been translated into several languages. Multi-layered, fast-paced, and compelling, they are full of twists and turns and are played out against the dramatic and powerfully evocative British marine landscape of the south coast of England.
Pauline is a member of the Crime Writers’ Association and the Society of Authors. Before becoming a full-time writer, she was a renowned marketing and training guru, with a collection of ‘how to’ business books and a successful marketing, media and training career behind her.
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My thoughts: A gritty, clever and puzzling case full of misdirection and not a lot of obvious answers. When a woman is killed not far from her car, outside the local leisure centre, it seems a bit strange. But when the detectives discover she was on jury duty for a smuggling case, and seemed very anxious, they think they’ve got their killer. Until he turns up murdered in the same way.
Neither victim had a wide circle of friends and family, and they’re struggling to join the dots. What connects the two if it isn’t the court case? And how far back do they need to look? A throwaway comment made by a potential suspect leads them into the past and a secret someone is willing to kill for.
Enjoyable, intelligent and with a lot of twists and turns, this was a good book to get my teeth into and try and solve it before the detectives do, but I failed!
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
ramblingmads 
Thank you so much for being a part of the tour ❤️💖
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