Denzil Meyrick

Denzil Meyrick is an author. Prior to that he served as a police officer with Strathclyde Police then a manager with Springbank Distillery in Campbeltown, Argyll. He also ran the pub quiz in the Pirn Inn, Balfron, for one season (2004). The Turnbull ACs won the league. Since 2012 Denzil Meyrick has worked as a writer of Scottish crime fiction novels.^[1]

Career

Denzil Meyrick was educated at Campbeltown Grammar School, Argyll and then completed tertiary education at the University of Paisley. He is an author and his main series of novels includes 6 books of the Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Jim Daley crime thriller series, set in the fictitious 'Kinloch', based 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 in the police, he followed a varied career, including the management of a distillery in Campbeltown, and many diverse roles, ranging from director of a large engineering company to freelance journalism in both print and on radio. During 2012, came publication of his first crime fiction novel, Whisky From Small Glasses. This novel was reprinted in 2014 by Polygon, a division of Birlinn (publisher).^[3]

Following publication of his first DCI Daley crime novel, Denzil Meyrick signed with Birlinn Books, where his next crime novels were published.^[4][5]

Novels

• 1. Whisky From Small Glasses (2012)
• 2. The Last Witness (2014)
• 3. Dark Suits & Sad Songs (2015)
• 4. The Rat Stone Serenade (2016)
• 5. Well of the Winds (2017)
• 6. The Relentless Tide (Publication Date: 6 September 2018)

Anthologies & Short Stories

• Dalintober Moon (2014)
• Two One Three (2015)
• One Last Dram Before Midnight (2017)

References

External links

• Oban Times
• Dundee University Review of The Arts
• What's On In Glasgow Review
• Amazon - 213
• Amazon - The Ratstone Serenade