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Denzil Meyrickâs three Tales from Kinloch are collected here in
one paperback volume. From ghostly Vikings, to adventurous voyages,
to old scores being settled, these stories are guaranteed to
provide a fun-filled escape.
A potent new drug has hit the streets of Kinloch, and DCI Daley and
Scott are struggling to catch the notorious gang behind this evil
trade. After a party of Oxford students arrives in town for a
camping trip before a Himalayan expedition, one of the group seeks
out an illegal high and is violently assaulted. However, these
students are well connected, and this brings further unexpected
problems for Daley. Ultimately, he and Scott will discover crimes
as disturbing in nature as anything they have ever confronted.
GANGLAND BOSS ZANDER FINN DISAPPEARED AFTER THE BRUTAL MURDER OF
HIS SON. He fled to London, seeking salvation by walking away from
his money, his career and his legacy. But when his old
second-in-command Malky Maloney tracks him down, Finn knows he must
return. Both his real family and his crime family face an
existential threat from Albanian mobsters hellbent on taking
control of the Scottish underworld and the forces of law and order
determined to inflict their own retribution. Finn's fight for
survival is a rollercoaster ride of brutality, misplaced loyalties
and the utterly unexpected. The road to redemption is perilous -
and paved with blood.
A SUNDAY POST TOP PICK FOR SUMMER READING 'This latest DCI Daley
thriller is deftly plotted and peopled with sympathetically drawn
local characters and satisfyingly nuanced local wrongdoers' - Irish
Independent 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.
It's December 1967, and the town of Kinloch is cut off by heavy
snow. With all roads closed, the only way to feed and water the
townsfolk is for the fishing fleet to sail to Girvan for much
needed supplies. But the skipper of the Girl Maggie, Sandy Hoynes,
has a problem. First mate Hamish has, to everyone's astonishment,
been chosen as Young Fisherman of the Year by a Glasgow newspaper.
Marooned in the town and with one eye on a scoop, their reporter
decides to join the fishing crew on their mercy mission. The
thought of the publicity - and some remuneration - delights Hoynes.
But Hamish hasn't told him the whole story. As the blizzards
worsen, the crew of the Girl Maggie embark upon a trip like no
other, encountering ghostly Vikings, gigantic crustaceans and a
helpful seagull.
When the body of a young woman is washed up on an idyllic beach on
the west coast of Scotland, D.C.I. Jim Daley is despatched from
Glasgow to lead the investigation. Far from home, and his troubled
marriage, it seems that Daley's biggest obstacle will be managing
the difficult local police chief; but when the prime suspect is
gruesomely murdered, the inquiry begins to stall. As the body count
rises, Daley uncovers a network of secrets and corruption in the
closeknit community of Kinloch, thrusting him and his loved ones
into the centre of a case more deadly than he had ever imagined.
The first novel in the D.C.I. Daley series, Whisky from Small
Glasses is a truly compelling crime novel, shot through with dark
humour and menace.
The ghosts of the past will not be silenced. Glasgow, 1983, and a
beat constable walks away from a bar where he knows a crime is
about to be committed. It is a decision that will haunt him for the
rest of his life. In the present, an old fisherman is found dead by
Kinloch's shoreline and a stranger with a deadly mission moves into
town. As past and present collide, D.C.I. Jim Daley must confront
old friends, new foes and ghosts who will not be silenced. SOON TO
BE A MAJOR TV SERIES 'In high demand across the globe . . . A
runaway hit . . . Readers instantly warm to Daley' - Daily Mail
'Dark humour has helped to make his books world-famous' - The Times
'a wonderfully atmospheric tale ... offers a brief, magical escape
to a kinder, simpler time' - Roger Cox, The Scotsman It's 1968, and
the fishermen of Kinloch are preparing to celebrate the old New
Year on the twelfth of January. The annual pilgrimage to the Auld
Stones is a tradition that goes back beyond memory, and young
Hamish, first mate on the Girl Maggie, is chuffed that he's been
invited to this exclusive gathering - usually reserved for the most
senior members of Kinloch's fishing community. Meanwhile, it
appears that the new owners of the Firdale Hotel are intent upon
turning their customers teetotal, such is the exorbitant price they
are charging for whisky. Wily skipper Sandy Hoynes comes up with a
plan to deliver the spirit to the thirsty villagers at a price they
can afford through his connections with a local still-man. But when
the Revenue are tipped off, it looks as though Hoynes and Hamish's
mercy mission might run aground. Can the power of the Auld Stones
come to their rescue, and is the reappearance of a face from
Hoynes' past a sign for good or ill?
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, banking and
mineral resourcing, and it has brought untold wealth and privilege
to the family. However, a century ago Archibald Shannon stole the
land upon which he built their home - and his descendants have been
cursed ever since. When heavy snow cuts off Kintyre, DCI Jim Daley
and DS Brian Scott are assigned to protect their illustrious
visitors. As an ancient society emerges from the blizzards, and its
creation, the Rat Stone, reveals grisly secrets, ghosts of the past
come to haunt the Shannons. As the curse decrees, death is coming -
but for whom and from what?
James Machie was a man with a genius for violence, his criminal
empire spreading beyond Glasgow into the UK and mainland Europe.
Fortunately, James Machie is dead, assassinated in the back of a
prison ambulance following his trial and conviction. But now, five
years later, he is apparently back from the grave, set on avenging
himself on those who brought him down. Top of his list is his
previous associate, Frank MacDougall, who unbeknownst to D.C.I. Jim
Daley, is living under protection on his lochside patch, the small
Scottish town of Kinloch. Daley knows that, having been the key to
Machie's conviction, his old friend and colleague D.S. Scott is
almost as big a target. And nothing, not even death, has ever stood
in James Machie's way . . .
As the Second World War 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 Gairsay, a tiny
island off the coast of Kintyre, discovers that the Bremner family
are missing from their farm. There's a pot on the stove and food on
the table, but of the Bremners there is no sign. When DCI Daley
comes into possession of a journal written by his wartime
predecessor in Kinloch, Inspector William Urquhart, he soon
realises that the Isle of Gairsay has many secrets. Assisted by his
indomitable deputy, DS Brian Scott, and new boss, Chief
Superintendent Carrie Symington, Daley must solve a wartime murder
to uncover the shocking events of the past and the present.
One of the Scotsman's Books of 2018 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 tragically met their end little more than
two decades ago. It soon becomes clear that these are the three
missing victims of the 'Midweek Murderer', a serial killer who was
at work in Glasgow in the early 1990s. DCI Jim Daley now has the
chance to put things right - to confront a nightmare from his past
and solve a crime he failed to as a young detective. However, when
Police Scotland's Cold Case Unit arrive, they bring yet more ghosts
to Kinloch. A tale of death, betrayal, Viking treasure and revenge
set in the thin places where past, present and future collide.
LONGLISTED FOR THE MCILVANNEY PRIZE 2019 From the pen of the
biggest selling crime writer published in Scotland... When the
luxury cruiser, hastily renamed Great Britain, berths in Kinloch
harbour, the pressure is on DCI Jim Daley. The UK Government are
taking a high-powered group of businessmen and women on a tour of
the British isles, golfing and seeing the sights, as part of a push
for global trade. But when one of the crew goes missing , and an
elderly local ornithologist disappears, will the pressure become
too great? The arrival of a face from the past, sends Daley's world
into a tailspin. And the lives of the passengers and crew of SS
Great Britain, as well as the country's economic future are in
jeopardy. DS Brian Scott comes to the fore, and replete with a
temporary promotion, is once more - most reluctantly, in his case -
back at sea. Daley faces a life and death struggle, but is this his
last throw of the dice?
From the author of the bestselling D.C.I. Daley series comes a
thrilling new tall tale from Kinloch. It's December 1968. Having
cheated Sandy Hoynes out of a rowing race and navigation
certificate when they were young, Dreich MacCallum makes an
unexpected return to Kinloch. With the Girl Maggie up on the slip
awaiting urgent repairs, Hoynes takes to his bed, the memory of it
all too much. When first mate Hamish persuades his skipper to get
up and put the fishing boat back into the water, there are
unexpected consequences that put Hoynes' liberty and reputation at
risk. Has Dreich won the day again? But the spirits of the past
have yet to have their say. Upon whom will the winter sun set?
Voted Culture NL's Book of the Year for 2020 Teenager Alison Doig
disappeared from Kinloch over thirty years ago under mysterious
circumstances. Her reclusive family still live in a remote part of
the Kintyre peninsula, amidst rumours of wrecking, smuggling and
barbaric cruelty. Now rich American hotelier Alice Wenger has
arrived in town, determined to punish those who made her suffer in
the past. But someone has vowed to keep hidden sins concealed for
ever. Daley's team must race against time to expose long-held
secrets and shameful lies before there are any more victims.
Bringing together six short stories - two of which are previously
unpublished - One Last Dram Before Midnight is the perfect
Christmas gift for fans of Denzil Meyrick. These tales take us from
Jim Daley's early days pounding the beat in Glasgow as a young
constable to a light-hearted whisky smuggling romp involving Hamish
and some ghostly pipers. Includes four previously eBook exclusive
stories: 'Single End', 'Two One Three', 'Dalintober Moon' and
'Empty Nets and Promises'.
GANGLAND BOSS ZANDER FINN DISAPPEARED AFTER THE BRUTAL MURDER OF
HIS SON. He fled to London, seeking salvation by walking away from
his money, his career and his legacy. But when his old
second-in-command Malky Maloney tracks him down, Finn knows he must
return. Both his real family and his crime family face an
existential threat from Albanian mobsters hellbent on taking
control of the Scottish underworld and the forces of law and order
determined to inflict their own retribution. Finn's fight for
survival is a rollercoaster ride of brutality, misplaced loyalties
and the utterly unexpected. The road to redemption is perilous -
and paved with blood.
'A wonderfully entertaining mystery with great characters, setting
and period detail.' Ian Moore, bestselling author of Death and
Croissants A village of secrets It's December 1952, and a dead
stranger has been found lodged up the chimney of Holly House in the
remote town of Elderby. Is he a simple thief, or a would-be killer?
Either way, he wasn't on anyone's Christmas wish list. A mystery
that can't be solved Inspector Frank Grasby is ordered to
investigate. The victim of some unfortunate misunderstandings, he
hopes this case will help clear his name. But as is often the way
for Grasby, things most certainly don't go according to plan. A
Christmas to remember Soon blizzards hit the North York Moors,
cutting off the village from help, and the local doctor's husband
is found murdered. Grasby begins to realise that everyone in
Elderby is hiding something - and if he can't uncover the truth
soon, the whole country will pay a dreadful price...
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