Denzil Meyrick
Denzil Meyrick | |
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| Born | 28 November 1965 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Paisley University |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
Denzil Meyrick (born 28 November 1965) is 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. Since 2012 Denzil Meyrick has worked as a writer of Scottish crime fiction novels.[1] He is also an executive director of media production company Houses of Steel.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]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 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.
Novels
[edit]- 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)[6]
- For Any Other Truth (2021)[7]
- The Death of Remembrance (2022)[8]
- No Sweet Sorrow (2023)[9]
Anthology and short stories
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Crime Thriller is Huge Success". Daily Record. 31 October 2015. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Author Denzil Meyrick at Loch Fyne Gallery - Scottish Field". 31 October 2015. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Denzil Meyrick :: Authors :: Birlinn Ltd". 11 September 2015. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Books". store.denzilmeyrick.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Denzil Meyrick | for Any Other Truth". Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "The Death of Remembrance". Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "No Sweet Sorrow". Retrieved 2 February 2024.
External links
[edit]- Oban Times
- Dundee University Review of The Arts
- What's On In Glasgow Review
- Amazon - 213
- Amazon - The Ratstone Serenade
- GoogleBooks - A Breath on Dying Embers
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