Talking Crime Fiction
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -Writing crime fiction, the background to my crime novels, characters, plots, research, extracts from my crime, mystery thrillers and more.
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Listen to an extract from the gripping atmospheric 1950s set murder mystery DEATH IN THE COVE
February 23, 2022 08:00 - 4 minutes - 4.03 MBThe gripping Inspector Ryga mysteries full of twists and turns by Pauline Rowson "For lovers of mysteries without the gory details. The ending was a twist I didn't see coming." Amazon England 1950s struggling to come to terms with peace in the grip of austerity and rationing. Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Alun Ryga, a former German prisoner-of-war, teams up with former war photographer, Eva Paisley, to solve baffling coastal crimes around the coast of England in a great series which ca...
Pauline Rowson talks about her mystery thriller hero Art Marvik on BBC Radio Solent
February 20, 2022 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.86 MBFor lovers of mystery thrillers who enjoy a gripping, edge-of-your seat, fast-paced, action-packed mystery thriller with a likeable, smart, tough, but all too human hero, former Royal Marine Commando, Art Marvik. After leaving the Marines, Art Marvik, a former Special Boat Services Officer with the Commandos goes undercover to work for the UK's Police National Intelligence Marine Squad. His four missions with the squad take him into dangerous and deadly waters as he seeks to find lethal kil...
What makes Art Marvik tick in these fast- paced, action-packed mystery thrillers
February 17, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.35 MBFor lovers of mystery thrillers who enjoy a gripping, edge-of-your seat, fast-paced, action-packed mystery thriller with a likeable, smart, tough, but all too human hero, former Royal Marine Commando, Art Marvik. After leaving the Marines, Art Marvik, a former Special Boat Services Officer with the Commandos goes undercover to work for the UK's Police National Intelligence Marine Squad. His four missions with the squad take him into dangerous and deadly waters as he seeks to find lethal kil...
Bobbies on bicycles, women police officers, police boxes in Inspector Ryga 1950s mysteries
February 14, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutes - 6.69 MBIn this podcast episode I talk about bobbies on bicycles, how the police and public reported crimes, women police officers and detection in England 1950s, the era for my Inspector Ryga mysteries. Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Alun Ryga, a former German prisoner-of-war, teams up with former war photographer, Eva Paisley, to solve baffling coastal crimes around the coast of England in a great series which captures the era perfectly. Atmospheric, gripping, full of surprising twists an...
The murder squad, Scotland Yard, crime scenes and policing in 1950s Inspector Ryga mysteries
February 06, 2022 18:08 - 7 minutes - 7.32 MBCrime author, Pauline Rowson talks about the murder bag, Scotland Yard, crime scenes and policing and detection in her gripping Inspector Ryga mysteries set in 1950s England. Full of twists and turns: "For lovers of mysteries without the gory details. The ending was a twist I didn't see coming." Amazon. England 1950s struggling to come to terms with peace in the grip of austerity and rationing. Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Alun Ryga, a former German prisoner-of-war, teams up with forme...
Inspector Ryga's murder mystery novels - 1950s set gripping mysteries
February 06, 2022 18:08 - 7 minutes - 7.29 MBCrime author, Pauline Rowson talks about policing and detection in her gripping Inspector Ryga mysteries set in 1950s England. Full of twists and turns: "For lovers of mysteries without the gory details. The ending was a twist I didn't see coming." Amazon. England 1950s struggling to come to terms with peace in the grip of austerity and rationing. Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Alun Ryga, a former German prisoner-of-war, teams up with former war photographer, Eva Paisley, to solve baffli...
Why I chose the 1950s for my Inspector Ryga Mysteries and what has shaped his character
January 29, 2022 18:24 - 9 minutes - 8.56 MBThe 1950s is a fascinating era where memories of the war were still very strong and the fear of more world conflicts haunt people. The country was in the grip of austerity, with rationing still in force on some commodities, society and policing was vastly different to today. In this podcast I talk about what it was like in 1950s Britain, the background to my character, Inspector Ryga, how I created him and what has shaped him. The Inspector Ryga Mysteries. "For lovers of mysteries without ...
Step back into the 1950s with Inspector Ryga in DEATH IN THE HARBOUR
September 20, 2021 07:00 - 7 minutes - 9.92 MBInspector Ryga interviews the harbour master in the atmospheric and entertaining mystery DEATH IN THE HARBOUR, no. 2 in the Inspector Ryga series of crime novels set in 1950s England, a country still struggling to come to terms with peace after the Second World War, and in the grip of austerity and rationing. Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Alun Ryga is sent out to investigate baffling coastal crimes. Ryga, a former German prisoner-of-war, teams up with former war photographer, Eva Paisle...
Step back into the 1950s with Inspector Ryga in DEATH IN THE HARBOUR
September 13, 2021 15:10 - 6 minutes - 7.68 MBEngland 1950s, struggling to come to terms with peace in the grip of austerity and rationing, Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Alun Ryga is sent out to investigate baffling coastal crimes in this atmospheric and entertaining mystery series. Ryga, a former German prisoner-of-war, teams up with former war photographer, Eva Paisley in DEATH IN THE COVE (1) set on the Island of Portland, Dorset; DEATH IN THE HARBOUR (2) set in Newhaven Port, East Sussex, and DEATH IN THE NETS (3) is set in...
Inspector Ryga inerviews the newsagent in DEATH IN THE HARBOUR
September 13, 2021 15:10 - 6 minutes - 7.68 MBEngland 1950s, struggling to come to terms with peace in the grip of austerity and rationing, Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Alun Ryga is sent out to investigate baffling coastal crimes in this atmospheric and entertaining mystery series. Ryga, a former German prisoner-of-war, teams up with former war photographer, Eva Paisley in DEATH IN THE COVE (1) set on the Island of Portland, Dorset; DEATH IN THE HARBOUR (2) set in Newhaven Port, East Sussex, and DEATH IN THE NETS (3) is set in...