In Cold Daylight (Marine Mysteries) [Paperback]

'This is a fast-paced and enjoyable book with many twists and turns. The characters are well defined and the plotting is excellent. For the reader who likes an atmospheric novel together with a good mystery, Rowson is one to watch.' www.reviewingtheevidence.com"In Cold Daylight by Pauline Rowson was one of those books I picked up and couldn't put down until everything was sorted, enough tantalizing chapter ends to lead me on into the next and the next." http://dovegreyreader.typepad.com/'Pauline Rowson has the knack of captivating the audience. You will be taken on a thrilling mystery and just when you think you know who done what to whom, the story takes another turn. A gripping story, you will not be disappointed.' Bob Hornby posted on www.booktribes.com

Fast paced and enjoyable with many twists and turns. Well-defined characters, excellent plotting. Rowson is one to watch.

Unravelling Rowson's cryptic clues in this fast-paced novel is liking playing a thrilling game of pass the parcel.

UK fire-fighters are dying long after they've reached the safety of cold daylight from the burning darkness of a blaze. Why? Marine artist Adam Greene is left to find out when his best friend, fire fighter Jack Bartholomew, is killed in a fire. Was it an accident or arson? Adam attends the funeral ready to mourn when another funeral intrudes upon his thoughts, and one he has tried very hard to forget for the last fifteen years. But before he has time to digest this, or discover the identity of the stranger stalking him, Jack's house is ransacked. Unaware of the risks he is running Adam soon finds himself caught up in a mysterious and dangerous web of deceit. By exposing a secret that has lain dormant for years Adam is forced to face his own dark secrets, and as the facts reveal themselves the prospects for his survival look bleak. But Adam knows there is no turning back; he has to get to the truth no matter what the cost, even if it means his life.

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IN COLD DAYLIGHT is a hard hitting thriller inspired by a tragic true story of fire-fighters killed in the line of duty and a potential cover up over their deaths. Unravelling Rowson's cryptic clues in this fast-paced, atmospheric novel, is like playing a thrilling game of `pass the parcel'. After unexpected twists, you peel off the layers of literary wrapping, which eventually uncover the mystery. But instead of featuring a brave fire-fighter hero, Rowson has chosen to tell the story through the eyes of a man who is the opposite. This is marine artist, Adam Greene's journey through overcoming depression, a nervous breakdown and leaning on the prop of his strong-willed, ambitious wife as much as discovering why his best friend, Jack Bartholomew was killed in the line of duty. The fact that she has decided to tell this real life mystery and her fast paced writing is what makes this new writer so original.

I was inspired to write this book by a tale told to me by my fire-fighter husband, Bob. In Cold Daylight is dedicated to him, the fire-fighters on Red Watch, Southsea and fire-fighters everywhere.

Pauline Rowson is author of the popular Marine Mystery Crime novels: Tide of Death, Deadly Waters and The Suffocating Sea, and the thriller, In For The Kill. Before becoming a writer, Pauline ran her own marketing company. Born and raised in Portsmouth, England, she lives on Hayling Island.