Dumfries and Galloway-based author's new book inspired by the Artists' Town
A Kirkcudbright author has released her latest young adult novel.
And the Artists' Town has provided some of the inspiration for No One Keeps A Secret by Denise Brown.
Denise's gripping, genre-blurring novels have fast become must-reads for lovers of pacey, addictive storytelling.
This is Denise's fourth book with prize-winning indie publisher Hashtag Press, with It All Started With a Lie – released last year – a finalist in the prestigious Crime Fest Award - YA Book of the Year in May and shortlisted in the Spark! Book Award in June.
Set in a remote Scottish coastal village, this clever, twisty murder mystery centres on three teenagers – Haigh, Cherry, and Sunrise –who track a missing chihuahua to an abandoned funfair… only to stumble across a corpse, strangled by his own camera strap.
The man was meant to be 400 miles away in London. So why is he lying dead in their village?
As the investigation spirals, so does the danger – revealing mafia ties, gossiping grannies, and a still-operating ghost train. For these teens, the truth might be closer to home than they think.
Denise said: 'The harbour, the trawlers, the bandstand: they can all be found in Kirkcudbright. Scottish Nights are held throughout the summer, complete with unbeaten tug-of-war team, and Oona the unicorn is real too.
"Well, she's made of wicker, and she isn't known as Oona, but she exists.
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'There is even a willow tree shelter similar to the one in which Haigh and Cherry discover Haigh's mum. And if readers visit on the last Sunday of the month, they'll be able to visit the farmer's market too.'
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