DCI Daley 02 The Last Witness

'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

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