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Denzil Meyrick

Denzil Meyrick
Born(1965-11-28)28 November 1965
Glasgow, Scotland
Died14 February 2025(2025-02-14) (aged 59)
NationalityBritish
Alma materPaisley University
GenreCrime fiction

Denzil Meyrick (28 November 1965 – 14 February 2025) was a Scottish bestselling novelist. Prior to that, he served as a police officer with Strathclyde Police then a manager with Springbank Distillery in Campbeltown, Argyll. From 2012 onwards, Denzil Meyrick worked as a writer of Scottish crime fiction novels.[1] He was also an executive director of media production company Houses of Steel.[citation needed]

Life and career

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Denzil Meyrick was educated at Campbeltown Grammar School, Argyll and then completed tertiary education at the University of Paisley. He was an author and his main series of novels are eleven books of the Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Jim Daley crime thriller series, set in the fictitious town of 'Kinloch', which is modelled on Campbeltown.[2] Denzil Meyrick draws from experience during his twenties when he saw service as a police officer with Strathclyde Police. After his time there he followed a varied career, including the management of a distillery in Campbeltown. He had many diverse roles, ranging from the director of a large engineering company to freelance journalism in both print and on radio.

In 2012, his first crime fiction novel, Whisky From Small Glasses was published. It was the first of his DCI Daley series. This novel was reprinted in 2014 by Polygon, a division of Birlinn.[3] Following publication of that first story, Meyrick signed with Birlinn, where his next crime novels were published under the Polygon imprint.[4][5] He is also published by HarperCollins Germany, and Aria in the United States.

Meyrick died on 14 February 2025, at the age of 59.[6]

Novels

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  • Whisky From Small Glasses (2012)
  • The Last Witness (2014)
  • Dark Suits & Sad Songs (2015)
  • The Rat Stone Serenade (2016)
  • Well of the Winds (2017)
  • The Relentless Tide (2018)
  • A Breath on Dying Embers (2019)
  • Jeremiah’s Bell (2020)[7]
  • For Any Other Truth (2021)[8]
  • The Death of Remembrance (2022)[9]
  • No Sweet Sorrow (2023)[10]
  • Murder at Holly House (2023)
  • The Christmas Stocking Murders (2024)
  • The Misletoe Wedding Murders (2025)

Anthology and short stories

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  • Dalintober Moon (2014)
  • Two One Three (2015)
  • Empty Nets and Promises (2016)
  • Single End (2016)
  • One Last Dram Before Midnight (2017) (anthology of DCI Daley short stories)

References

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  1. ^ "Crime Thriller is Huge Success". Daily Record. 31 October 2015. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. ^ Bennett, Magnus (26 August 2018). "The beat cop who became a crime writer". BBC News. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Author Denzil Meyrick at Loch Fyne Gallery - Scottish Field". 31 October 2015. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Denzil Meyrick :: Authors :: Birlinn Ltd". 11 September 2015. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Amazon.co.uk: Denzil Meyrick: Books, Biography, Blogs, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  6. ^ McDougall, Mark (18 February 2025). "Bestselling Scottish author Denzil Meyrick dies at the age of 59". The Herald. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Books". store.denzilmeyrick.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Denzil Meyrick | for Any Other Truth". Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  9. ^ "The Death of Remembrance". Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  10. ^ "No Sweet Sorrow". Retrieved 2 February 2024.
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