'Universal truths . . . An unbuttoned sense of humour . . . Engaging and eventful' - Wall Street Journal'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 ScotlandWhen a light aircraft crash-lands at Machrie airport, Daley and Scott rush to the scene. But it soon becomes clear that both occupants of the plane were dead before take-off . . . Meanwhile, tending to his lobster creels, Hamish finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, and back at the County Hotel, Annie is beginning to suspect her new boss Ian Macmillan may not be as he first appeared.A face from the past has returned to haunt Carrie Symington, but is it a case of better the devil you know?Daley and Scott find themselves battling retired terrorists and radical climate-change activists as the action spills across the North Channel to County Antrim - all under the scrutiny of the Security Services. Faced with so many questions, how will Daley uncover good from bad, right from wrong? The search is on for any other truth.