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Desolation by Keith Moray
Genre: Historical Mystery
Tour Dates: 17th - 23rd October 2025
Publication Date: 17th October 2025
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Standalone First Book in the Ralph de Mandeville Mysteries series
Formats available: Netgalley Widget
Types of post available: Review Only
The Black Rood of Scotland, stolen.
A coroner of York, murdered
An evil worse than plague itself, at large…
1361, York. As the country recovers from the war with France, and whispers that the pestilence has returned to England grow louder, fear is in the heart of every nobleman and commoner alike. Sir Ralph de Mandeville, ex-solider and newly appointed Justice of the Peace is sent to Langbarugh, just outside York, to investigate the murder of Coroner Sir Boderick de Whitby.
More deaths quickly follow, and while these are swiftly dealt with as plague victims, Sir Ralph and his two assistants Merek and Peter soon uncover something altogether more horrifying… A greater evil is at large in the northern wapentakes.
As panic escalates and the lines between plague and murder blur, Sir Ralph is thrust into a desperate race against time. Every shadow hides a potential killer, every cough could be a death knell. Can he unmask a murderer lurking in the terrifying shadow of the Black Death before they’re all consumed by a terror more sinister than any plague?
About Keith Moray
Keith is a retired GP, medical journalist and novelist, writing in several genres. As Keith Moray he writes historical crime fiction in the medieval era and in ancient Egypt, The Inspector Torquil McKinnon crime novels set on the Outer Hebridean island of West Uist, and as Clay More he writes westerns. Curiously, his medical background finds its way into most of his fiction writing.
Follow Keith Moray
Facebook: @KeithMorayAuthor
Twitter: @KeithMorayTales
Instagram: @souterkeith
Blog Tour Schedule
Maximum 3 stops per day. Confirmed blogs will appear here.
17th October
Scrapping&Playing
TBHonest
18th October
Storied Conversation
19th October
Sharon Beyond The Books
Splashes Into Books
20th October
Bookish Jottings
Historical Fiction with Spirit
21st October
Chez Maximka
22nd October
Jaffareadstoo
23rd October
@maddyreadsherstory