Hi,
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KEITH MORAY - CRIME FICTION AUTHOR
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You'll find all previous posts and any new ones from 18th October 2018 on The Wes Uist Chronicle on the site.
Thank you for your interest,
Keith Moray
Thursday 18 October 2018
Thursday 27 September 2018
THE GATHERING MURDERS, DEATHLY WIND and MURDER SOLSTICE OUT AS AUDIOBOOKS
We are pleased to say that then first three books are now out as audiobooks, all narrated by David McCallion, for Whole Story QUEST. He's done a great job on them.
The Gathering Murders came out on 6th September,
Deathly Wind on 27th September and Murder Solstice comes out on 4th October.
and Murder Solstice comes out on 4th October.
Friday 11 May 2018
THE CURSE OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
My YA gothic novel is published by Sundown Press on May 15.
Victorian London is a dangerous city to be alone in at night for 12-year-old orphan, Jack Moon—and his business in those forbidding streets would make a grown man cringe. But his best friend, Danny, has just died, and Jack has promised him a burial in a haunted cemetery beside the woman who cared for them.
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Victorian London is a dangerous city to be alone in at night for 12-year-old orphan, Jack Moon—and his business in those forbidding streets would make a grown man cringe. But his best friend, Danny, has just died, and Jack has promised him a burial in a haunted cemetery beside the woman who cared for them.
Living in a rat-infested warehouse, Jack ventures out into the London fog, where he is waylaid by Professor Stackpool, a phrenologist. Can he really read a person's character by examining their head? He claims Jack is a prime example! But at a public demonstration, he announces Jack is a typical London urchin, destined for a life of crime, and Jack revolts.
Benevolent Sir Lionel Petrie and his granddaughter, Olivia, are outraged. To prove Stackpool wrong, the kind judge gives Jack a job at his home. Olivia and Jack become great friends, but something sinister is going on—and Olivia is becoming gravely ill over and over again.
Someone is out to kill Jack, but who? And why? When tragedy suddenly strikes, Jack vows to save Olivia, and he is forced to enter the world of séances, ghosts, and ghouls. Will Jack live to bring Olivia back to her grandfather? Can they all survive the CURSE OF THE BODY SNATCHERS?
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Thursday 26 April 2018
WHAT IS THE MYSTERY ABOUT OUR ISLAND?
We are pleased to say that people seem to be enjoying Torquil's adventures.
The first novel, THE GATHERING MURDERS has been Amazon Kindle No 1 Bestseller in Hard-boiled crime today, April 26.
The first novel, THE GATHERING MURDERS has been Amazon Kindle No 1 Bestseller in Hard-boiled crime today, April 26.
And on this same day, DEATHLY WIND and MURDER SOLSTICE (published today) are 2 and 3 in Scottish Crime bestsellers.
And as you can see, we are in pretty exalted company!
The fourth adventure, FLOTSAM & JETSAM comes out on May 1.
The fifth comes out in June, so we'd better get on with the next!
Sunday 4 February 2018
THE GATHERING MURDERS
It is with great delight that we can announce that the Inspector Torquil McKinnon novels are all going to be re-published digitally and in paperback by new publisher Sapere Books.
The Gathering Murders, the first in the series will be released on March 1, 2018.
The good news is that it can be pre-ordered now at a mere £0.99.
PRE-ORDER THE GATHERING MURDERS
The Gathering Murders, the first in the series will be released on March 1, 2018.
The good news is that it can be pre-ordered now at a mere £0.99.
PRE-ORDER THE GATHERING MURDERS
Tuesday 24 October 2017
BEST OF THE WEST
This post is not about West Uist, but about the Old West.
I am pleased to say that my alter ego Clay More has a story called LARIAT LAW in this anthology BEST OF THE WEST, published by Sundown Press today. There are 14 stories written by some of the finest western writers working today - mine slipped in there somehow!
I am pleased to say that my alter ego Clay More has a story called LARIAT LAW in this anthology BEST OF THE WEST, published by Sundown Press today. There are 14 stories written by some of the finest western writers working today - mine slipped in there somehow!
It is a tale about Doc Marcus Quigley, my itinerant dentist, gambler and occasional bounty hunter.
Why not pop over to Sundown Press and have a look.
Friday 30 June 2017
DRY GULCH REVENGE
My novel Dry Gulch revenge is out on July 1, 2017 in Large Print from Linford Western Library.
Hank Hawkins has the opportunity to achieve his ambition of buying a ranch. All he has to do is help a gang rob the stage in the Devil's Bones canyons. But it turns out the bandits never intended to leave anyone alive - including him... Upon regaining consciousness, Hawkins vows to track down the murderers who betrayed him. But when he sets off, he has a companion accompanying him: Helen Curtis, the fiancee of the messenger whose death lies heavy on Hawkins' conscience.
Hank Hawkins has the opportunity to achieve his ambition of buying a ranch. All he has to do is help a gang rob the stage in the Devil's Bones canyons. But it turns out the bandits never intended to leave anyone alive - including him... Upon regaining consciousness, Hawkins vows to track down the murderers who betrayed him. But when he sets off, he has a companion accompanying him: Helen Curtis, the fiancee of the messenger whose death lies heavy on Hawkins' conscience.
Tuesday 13 June 2017
THE PEST HOUSE -
My short story, The Pest House is out today from Sundown Press.
Twisted Knee, Ohio, 1866
Nothing could ever damp down the smell of the pest house.
Especially not in the sweltering heat of summer.
It was a strange, stomach-twisting smell that wafted from the two chimneys that belched smoke most days when the place was full of patients. And even when the smoke was dispelled by the wind the odor hung like a miasma around the old two-storied timber building a couple of hundred yards from the edge of the town of Twisted Knee.
But the smell was only a prelude to the evil that took place in the old building that housed the wounded, the diseased, and the hopeless. Though Doctor Cutler had his own faults, murder was not one of them—and that was going to be the death of him…
Nothing could ever damp down the smell of the pest house.
Especially not in the sweltering heat of summer.
It was a strange, stomach-twisting smell that wafted from the two chimneys that belched smoke most days when the place was full of patients. And even when the smoke was dispelled by the wind the odor hung like a miasma around the old two-storied timber building a couple of hundred yards from the edge of the town of Twisted Knee.
But the smell was only a prelude to the evil that took place in the old building that housed the wounded, the diseased, and the hopeless. Though Doctor Cutler had his own faults, murder was not one of them—and that was going to be the death of him…
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Wednesday 12 October 2016
WANTED: DEAD OR REVIVED
My latest novel, written under my Western pen-name is a departure from my normal style. This is a steampunk-weird western.
As the Civil War rages, Confederate Army surgeon Oscar Chamberlain uses his years of research to invent his Regen formula—a medicine so powerful it can promote healing at unheard-of speed. With this incredible discovery, he will revolutionize medicine, and hopes for the ultimate victory by the Confederacy.
But when a crude and tainted sample of his formula falls into the wrong hands, a devastating plague, more virulent than any other contagion known to mankind, is released. It spreads like wildfire, afflicting both armies, leading to cessation of hostilities between the North and the South in what becomes known as The Great Stalemate.
With Chamberlain being blamed for the Revenant Plague, both President Andrew Johnson and President Jefferson Davis agree that he must be found and brought to justice. Somehow, a cure must be discovered—or the entire country will become infested with the walking dead. In desperation, they turn to a medium and a ghost catcher to lead them to the man who is WANTED: DEAD OR REVIVED…
Tuesday 20 September 2016
THE FULHAM STRANGLER
The US edition of THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF THE ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR MORIARTY is out now.
Featuring 37 stories about Sherlock Holmes' old nemesis. My story, THE FULHAM STRANGLER is written by my alter ego Keith Moray.
Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars are in it.
Also available in paperback or audio.
Get it from Amazon.uk
Featuring 37 stories about Sherlock Holmes' old nemesis. My story, THE FULHAM STRANGLER is written by my alter ego Keith Moray.
Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars are in it.
Also available in paperback or audio.
Get it from Amazon.uk
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