Kirkcudbright Crime Writing

There’s a real treat on offer for fans of bestselling Scottish crime novelist Aline Templeton,  many of whose novels are based in Dumfries and Galloway.

Her new novel, Truth to Tell, is published by Allison & Busby on May 22, 2026: ‘It is a bitterly cold night, with rain falling and an edge of snow. Under the sickly yellow lighting in the lorry park, three men are looting precious cargo from the tarpaulined trailers – but the crack of a gunshot pierces the night, and everything changes.’

It is the seventh book in the DCI Kelso Strang series is set in Torridon, in north-west Scotland,  where the dramatic peaks are an uncompromising backdrop as Strang contends with seismic events that will change many lives to get at the truth.

Also, Joffe Books is re-issuing titles from Aline’s hugely popular Galloway Series, starting with Murder in Galloway. ‘Death is in the air.  Death is on the ground.  Death is everywhere for the people of Galloway.  As the catastrophic Foot and Mouth  virus devastates the Scottish countryside, killing cattle and destroying  lives, DI Marjory Fleming finds herself at the stormy heart of a troubled, trapped community.

A dead body, a missing girl and a mysterious family’s dangerous obsession with bull-running provides a sinister background to Fleming’s first murder investigation.

The first in the series is republished by Joffe Books and available on Kindle and in paperback. The second, Murder in Knockhaven Harbour, is also available on Kindle with paperback to follow.