Single End: A Short Story

'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
It's 1989, and Jim Daley is now a fully-fledged detective constable, working in the heart of Glasgow. When ruthless gangster James Machie's accountant, known as the Magician, is found stabbed to death in a multi-storey car park it's clear all is not well within Machie's organisation.

Meanwhile Daley's friend and colleague DC Brian Scott has been having some problems of his own. To save his job, Scott is persuaded to revisit his past in an attempt to uncover the identity of a corrupt police officer. But there's a problem. To do so, he must confront Machie and his cohorts. Brian Scott is soon embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse with his childhood friends.

As Daley seeks out his old mentor, Ian Burns, to help save his friend and find out who is telling the truth, it becomes a desperate race against time.