Two one three

Another short story by Denzil Meyrick, this time about the first murder case that Jim Daley, a young police constable, worked on. Characters that appear in the DCI Daley series are introduced including Brian Scott, John Donald and Ian Burns.

Daley is on patrol when he discovers the body of a young woman in a building. When DCI Burns arrives on the scene, with Detective Constable Scott, Burns invites the young police constable to assist with the investigation. Jim and Brian then team up to investigate some of the leads which suggest that this death is one of a series of murders of prostitutes. When Sergeant Donald objects to Daley's secondment to the crime team, DCI Banks intervenes.

This short story provides a good introduction to the books that make up the DCI Daley series as well as to the character of Jim Daley in his younger days. The story also appears in a complilation of stories by Denzil Meyrick, One Last Dram Before Midnight.