The Hayling Island Murders - Out Now

Number seventeen in the DI Andy Horton Solent Murder Mystery series has been published by Joffe books in paperback and on Amazon Kindle and Kindle Limited and I'm thrilled to say has reached the top of the Amazon Best Selling charts.

Detective Inspector Andy Horton arrives at Portsmouth CID to find a rusty, old metal box on his desk. It was found in the mud at Sinah Lake on Hayling Island and contains a collection of rare gold and silver coins.

But why are there handcuffs attached to the box? Or more importantly, who was originally attached to it?  You can see where this novel is set by clicking on my Google map of the locations of all my DI Andy Horton crime novels.

Soon after, Horton is called out to an isolated stretch of Gosport shore where a body has been found in a burned-out car. But the vehicle and body are so badly charred that it’s almost impossible to identify the victim.

Then Horton is dealt a double blow when his old flame Harriet Ames drops a bombshell: she’s been transferred to a local police team and they’re going to be seeing a lot more of each other.

Horton can’t let Harriet distract him. Not now. Especially when another body has just been discovered . . .

My thanks for helping me to research this novel go to Jonathan Smith, senior forensic scientist; Ian Snook, treasurer of the Portsmouth and District Angling Society and the Hayling Golf Club.

I hope you enjoy this DI Andy Horton investigation.