Universal truths . . . An unbuttoned sense of humour . . . Engaging and eventful' - Wall Street Journal 'Absorbing . . . no run-of-the-mill tartan noir' - The Times 'You'll have a blast with these' - Ian Rankin 'A top talent, and one to be cherished' - Quintin Jardine 'Spellbinding . . . one of the UK's most loved crime writers' - The Sunday Post 'A compelling lead . . . satisfyingly twisted plot' - Publishers Weekly 'Touches of dark humour, multi-layered and compelling' - Daily Record 'Striking characters and shifting plots vibrate with energy' - The Library Journal 'Daley is a character complete with depths, currents and sudden changes of the Atlantic ocean that crashes against Kinloch's harbour walls. The remote peninsula and the claustrophobic nature of small-town life are perfectly painted.' - Scotland on Sunday 'If you like Rankin, MacBride and Oswald, you'll love Meyrick' - The Sunday Mail 'Energetic, wry, and full of jolts' - Waterstones 'The right amount of authenticity . . . gritty writing . . . most memorable' - The Herald 'All three books have a strong sense of place, of city cops trying to fit in to a small, tightly knit rural environment' - Russell Leadbetter, Evening Times 'Meyrick has the ability to give even the least important person in the plot character and the skill to tell a good tale' - Scots Magazine 'Following in the tradition of great Scottish crime writers, Denzil Meyrick has turned out a cracking, tenacious thriller of a read. If you favour the authentic and credible, you are in safe hands' - Lovereading 'DCI Daley is shaping up to be the West Coast's answer to Edinburgh's Rebus'-Scottish Home and Country 'Well crafted and engrossing . . . Meyrick is well into his rhythm' - Journal of the Law Society of Scotland When a light aircraft crash-lands at Machrie airport, DCI Jim Daley and his colleague Brian Scott rush to the scene. But it soon becomes clear that both occupants of the plane were dead before take-off ... Meanwhile in Kinloch, local fisherman Hamish is unwittingly dragged into danger when he witnesses something he shouldn't, and hotel manager Annie is beginning to suspect her new boss may not be as he first appeared. And just as Chief Superintendent Carrie Symington thinks she has finally escaped the sins of her past, she finds herself caught in an even deadlier trap. As the action spills across the sea to County Antrim - all under the scrutiny of the Security Service - the search is on for any other truth.
"'This latest DCI Daley thriller is deftly plotted and peopled with sympathetically drawn local characters and satisfyingly nuanced local wrongdoers'"
Irish Independent
"'a novel which you are likely to read with deepening pleasure'"
The Scotsman
"'Meyrick has really hit his stride with this one, with the development of DCI Daley and his rather complex sidekick DI Scott particularly well done. Well-considered smatterings of dark humour break the tension, there is a satisfying pace and beautiful Scottish backdrops are an added bonus'"
