Meet Art Marvik

Meet Art Marvik

Art Marvik is a former Royal Marine Commando, Special Boat Services Operative who has been invalided out of the marines after being wounded on Ops. In these fast-paced, action-packed mystery thrillers, Marvik works on a freelance basis undercover for the UK Police National Intelligent Marine Unit.  He is joined by his former Royal Marine Commando colleague, intelligence specialist, Shaun Strathen.  Both have been injured in combat. Marvik suffered a traumatic brain injury which has left him with occasional severe headaches and scars on the right hand side of his face, while Strathen lost his left leg above the knee.

Marvik's background in the elite squad of the Royal Marines has provided him with numerous specialist skills on the sea and along the coast, which he puts to good use in all the novels.  He's trained in surveillance, reconnaissance, parachuting, and survival skills as is Strathen.

Marvik has a photographic memory, is open, honest, fit and tough but with that edge of vulnerability about him. He's finding it hard to adjust to civilian life.  His secret fears are failure, being incapacitated and relying on others.  His first job outside the marines as a private maritime security operative went very wrong when the luxury motor cruiser he was detailed to protect was attacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean. Marvik ends up with a bullet in his shoulder and the boat’s owner dead. He’d failed on his first mission in civilian life, and DEADLY WAVES (1) opens with him reeling from it.

Marvik has put himself in danger many times. He can operate outside the law and does because the job demands it. He’s not always right though. He makes mistakes. He misjudges people. Sometimes the consequences are shocking and disturbing. But Marvik gets results.

There are four in the Art Marvik mystery thriller series, with number five being published in 2025.

 "I really like his character and the way he digs into the tasks he's set."

"Read all four books over two weeks. Couldn't put them down. Its all SO very believable. I can't wait to read more adventures of Art and Shaun. Highly recommend this series."

"It's a gripping yarn. One you can't put down, same as the previous ones. There must be a follow up."

"I worked in this world and am delighted that the author has captured the chaos and confusion of the shadow lands! This is as good as Greene and Le Carre. Well done."

The Setting

Marvik knows the sea intimately having spent much of his life on and under it. His missions for the National Intelligence Marine Squad (NIMS) take him on his motor cruiser, on foot, train and sometimes in his old Land Rover Defender from the beautiful Isle of Wight, across the Solent and along the south coast to the rolling downs of the stunning Dorset coast, and to the Severn Sisters chalk cliffs, Beachy Head, Brighton and Eastbourne.

 Join Art Marvik in these four fast-paced, action-packed mysteries.

See where the Art Marvik Mystery Thrillers are set.

"Pauline Rowson has built another lovely series of books. All have such believable characters and great yarns. Great reading in every one."

"Interesting characters, full of mystery and intrigue. Art Marvik is a tough determined man, placed in situations requiring all the years of being a marine commando."