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
After studying politics, Denzil Meyrick worked as a police officer, distillery manager, freelance journalist, and company director. He is originally from Campbeltown in Argyll, but now lives with his wife Fiona on Loch Lomondside.
Title: The Death of Remembrance: - The Brand New Must-Read DCI Daley Bestseller (Book 10) (The D.C.I. Daley Series): A D.C.I. Daley Thriller
Author: Denzil Meyrick
ISBN: 9781846975851
Binding:
Publisher: Birlinn General
Publication Date: 2022-06-02
Number of Pages: 400
Weight: 0.3001 kg
'The Death of Remembrance is a properly frightening tale in parts, then, but there's plenty of humour too, and it's also a fascinating study of how both policing and crime have changed'
-- Kirsty McLuckie * The Scotsman *
'Meyrick's ability to keep the pages turning almost of their own accord marks the Death of Remembrance as top-drawer crime fiction'
* The Herald *
'If you have never read one of Meyrick's mysteries now is the time - before the TV series based on them begins'
* Times Crime Club *
'Gripping'
* Sunday Post *
'Crime fiction doesn't get better than the DCI Daley series'
* Waterstones Horsham *
'The Death of Remembrance is a taut tale full of death, intensity and some startling revelations. It is a novel that fixes your attention from the beginning and keeps you fastened to the page right until the gripping, breathtaking end. I can only hope there is another decade of Daley and Scott to follow'
* Live and Deadly Reviews *
'Intense, emotional and with the author's unique blend of humour and experience, all wrapped up in a wonderful sense of place that springs so vividly to mind you can almost feel the fog wrap itself around you as it rolls across the shore'
* JenMedBookReviews *
'a thoroughly compelling read that, to use an overworked phrase, keeps you turning the page right to the end. This is a book that deserves to be read by all lovers of Scottish crime fiction - or, indeed, of any crime fiction'
* Undiscovered Scotland *
'Denzil Meyrick gives us his classic style of tartan noir, filled with all the gritty scenes, dark humour, and hard-edged characters you come to expect from his writing'
* Scottish Field *
'An epic, gritty, realistic book... one of THE best crime fiction writers of all time'
* Jude Fire 33 - The Book Blog *
'The Death of Remembrance has all the ingredients needed for a great crime thriller: a skilfully crafted plot, an authentic sense of place, moments of drama and compelling characters'
* What Cathy Read Next *
