Saturday, July 19, 2025

Denzil Meyrick 1965-1925

Scottish crime writer, Denzil Meyrick, was born in Glasgow on 28 November 1965. His early life was spent in Campbeltown on the shores of the Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre Peninsula. After studying politics at university he became a police officer, then a freelance journalist and later a director of several companies. He then dedicated his time to writing crime novels set in Scotland, particularly the twelve books in the DCI Daley series. Denzil Meyrick died on 14 February 2025.

DCI Daley series: 

Whisky From Small Glasses

The Last Witness 

Dark Suits and Sad Songs

The Rat Stone Serenade

Well of the Winds

The Relentless Tide

A Breath on Dying Embers

Jeremiah's Bell 

For Any Other Truth

The Death of Remembrance

No Sweet Sorrow

Last Orders 

DCI Daley Series Prequels: 

Single End: a DC Daley story - (a DCI Daley Prequel)

Dalintober Moon: a DCI Daley story

One Two Three: a DCI Daley prequel 

Other novels:

The Christmas Stocking Murders

Murder at Holly House 

Terms of Restitution

The Estate

Short Stories:

Kinloch Tales: the collected stories

Ghosts in the Gloaming: a tale from Kinloch (also published in the Kinloch Tales)

One Last Dram Before Midnight

A Toast to the Old Stones: a tale from Kinloch (also published in the Kinloch Tales)

A Large Measure of Snow: a tale from Kinloch  (also published in the Kinloch Tales)

Empty Nets and Promises: a Kinloch Novella 


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