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'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 ScotlandGlasgow, 1986. Only a few months into his new job, Constable Jim Daley is walking the beat. When he is called to investigate a break-in, he finds a young woman lying dead in her squalid flat. But how and why did she die? In a race against time, Daley is seconded to the CID to help catch a serial killer, under the guidance of his new friend DC Brian Scott. But the police are not the only ones looking for the killer . . . Jim Daley tackles his first serious crime on the mean streets of Glasgow, in an investigation that will change his life for ever. This is a stunning eBook only prequel to Denzil Meyrick's critically acclaimed, best-selling DCI Jim Daley series.