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  • Bibliography:
    22 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 2014
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Detective Daley Thriller

0.5 - Dalintober Moon (Nov-2014)
1 - Whisky from Small Glasses (Feb-2015)
2 - The Last Witness (Dec-2015)
3 - The Rat Stone Serenade (Mar-2016)
4 - Well of the Winds (Mar-2017)
5 - Dark Suits and Sad Songs (Aug-2017)
6 - The Relentless Tide (Sep-2018)
7 - A Breath on Dying Embers (Jul-2019)
8 - Jeremiah's Bell (Jul-2020)

Book List in Order: 22 titles



  • When a body is found in a whisky barrel buried on Dalintober beach, it appears that a notorious local crime, committed over a century ago, has finally been solved. DCI Daley discovers that, despite the passage of time, the legacy of murder still reso...



  • DCI Jim Daley is sent from the city to investigate a murder after the body of a woman is washed up on an idyllic beach on the West Coast of Scotland. Far away from urban resources, he finds himself a stranger in a close-knit community. 



  • From an authentic, gritty new voice in Scottish thrillers comes Detective James Daley, whose past has come back to haunt him in the small Scottish town of Kinloch James Machie was a man with a genius for violence, his criminal empire spreading bey...



  • It''s December, and the Shannon family are returning home to their clifftop mansion near Kinloch for their annual AGM. Shannon International is one of the world''s biggest private companies, with tendrils reaching around the globe in computing, ba...



  • As the Second World nears its end, a man is stabbed to death on the shoreline of Kinloch, in the shadow of the great warships in the harbour. Many years later, the postman on the Isle of Gairsay, a tiny island off the coast of Kintyre, discovers that...



  • It's July 1968, and redoubtable fishing-boat skipper Sandy Hoynes has his daughter's wedding to pay for â€" but where are all the fish? He and the crew of the Girl Maggie come to the conclusion that a new-fangled supersonic jet which is being tested ...



  • It's 1989, and Jim Daley is now a fully fledged detective constable, working in the heart of Glasgow. When ruthless gangster James Machie's accountant, known as the Magician, is found stabbed to death in a multi-storey car park, it's clear that all i...



  • Glasgow, 1986. Only a few months into his new job, Constable Jim Daley is walking the beat. When he is called to investigate a break-in, he finds a young woman lying dead in her squalid flat. But how and why did she die?

    In a race against t...



  • The third installment in the best-selling DCI Daley series, packed with accurate police procedure and gritty, dark humour. The best of Scottish crime. 

    When a senior Edinburgh civil servant spectacularly takes his own life in Kinloch ha...






  • When Professor Francombe and her team of archaeologists find the remains of three women on a remote Kintyre hillside - a site rumoured to have been the base of Viking warlord Somerled - their delight soon turns to horror when they realise the women t...



  • The seventh instalment in the bestselling DCI Daley series. Perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride and Ann Cleeves.

    'Brilliantly atmospheric' DAILY RECORD.

    When the luxury cruise ship Great Britain berths in Kinloch harb...



  • The eighth instalment in the bestselling DCI Daley series. Perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride and Ann Cleeves. 'Brilliantly atmospheric' DAILY RECORD. Things are getting back to normal at Kinloch police office, but a cast of New Jersey gangsters, up...















  • 'A wonderfully entertaining mystery with great characters, setting and period detail.' Ian Moore, bestselling author of Death and Croissants'A quintessential slice of Yuletide murder mystery' Sun'The feel-good factor is off the scale' The Times'A com...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Denzil Meyrick has published 22 books.

The next book by Denzil Meyrick, The Estate, will be published in June 2024.

The first book by Denzil Meyrick, Dalintober Moon, was published in November 2014.

Yes. Denzil Meyrick has 1 series.