Keith Moray

Keith Souter graduated in medicine from the University of Dundee and worked as a family doctor in Yorkshire for many years. He writes popular medicine books and a range of non-fiction titles as Dr Keith Souter.

Under his pen-name of Keith Moray he writes the Inspector Torquil McKinnon crime series, set on the island of West Uist.

The Gathering Murders, the first in the series was published by Sapere Books on March 1, 2018. This has been followed by Deathly Wind, Murder Solstice, Flotsam & Jetsam, Death in Transit and Deadly Still and Deep and Deadly.

The eighth in the series is to be published in January 2026.

Happily married to Rachel, they lived within arrow-shot of historic Sandal Castle, but moved in 2022 to Stratford-upon-Avon. After winning a 2006 Fish Prize with his short story, A Villain’s Tale, he felt compelled to write historical fiction.

In 2020 The Sandal Castle Medieval Thrillers published by Sapere Books began with The Pardoner’s Crime, and The Fool’s Folly. The first novel is set during the time of King Edward 11 and was influenced by the Robin Hood tales and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. It features Sir Richard Lee, Sergeant-at-Law and his assistant, Hubert of Loxley. The Fool’s Folly moves to 1485, and is set during the Wars of the Roses, during the reign of King Richard 111. In 2021 two more will appear – The Summoner’s Sins and The Franklin’s Felony. They again feature Sir Richard Lee and continue where The Pardoner’s Crime left off.

He has also written two historical thrillers for Sapere in the Ancient Murder Mystery series, Death of a Poet, and Fall of a Scribe. Both are set in Ptolemaic Egypt, and feature Hanufer of Crocodilopolis, Overseer of the Police in Alexadria.

Also published by Sapere, another two books are in the pipeline, this time set in Victorian London. The Body-Snatchers comes out in early 2026 and The Ghost-Seekers is his WIP.

In 2025 Keith signed a four book deal with Boldwood Books for a medieval mystery series feturing Sr Ralph de Mandeville. The First entitled Desolation comes out late 2025 and the second entitled Sacrilege comes out in 2026.

Keith also writes westerns as Clay More and is a past vice president of Western Fictioneers. He is also a member of Western Writers of America, International Thriller Writers and the Medical Journalists’ Association.

Keith is represented by Isabel Atherton at Creative Authors Limited. She can be contacted at write@creativeauthors.co.uk.