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DCI Daley Books in Order

DCI Daley by Denzil Meyrick contains 17 books, published between 2012 and 2025. The first book is Whisky From Small Glasses (2012) and the newest is Last Orders (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
2012–2025
Confirmed
17 of 17 titles
Pages on record
1,498 in 4 of 17 books
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DCI Daley is a Scottish police procedural series by Denzil Meyrick, 17 catalogued books published between 2012 and 2025. Whisky From Small Glasses (2012) opens the run and Last Orders (2025) is the newest title. Murder, organised crime and missing-person investigations drive the plots, set among police work in Scotland and its islands. The Last Witness (2014), Dark Suits and Sad Songs (2015) and Well of the Winds (2017) sit along the way.

How many DCI Daley books are there?

DCI Daley has 17 books, released between 2012 and 2025.

DCI Daley Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 DCI Daley books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Last Witness by Denzil Meyrick, book 2 of the DCI Daley series (2014)
  2. Cover of Dark Suits and Sad Songs by Denzil Meyrick, book 4 of the DCI Daley series (2015)
  3. Cover of Well of the Winds by Denzil Meyrick, book 10 of the DCI Daley series (2017)
  4. Cover of A Breath on Dying Embers by Denzil Meyrick, book 12 of the DCI Daley series (2019)
  1. 1
    Whisky From Small Glasses2012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  2. 2
    The Last Witness2014 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Dalintober Moon2014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Dark Suits and Sad Songs2015 · 378 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015378
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Two One Three2015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The Rat Stone Serenade2016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Empty Nets and Promises2016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Single End2016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    One Last Dram Before Midnight2017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Well of the Winds2017 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The Relentless Tide2018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    A Breath on Dying Embers2019 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Jeremiah's Bell2020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    For Any Other Truth2021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    The Death of Remembrance2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    No Sweet Sorrow2023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Last Orders2025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Is there a chronological order for DCI Daley?

No separate chronological order is on record for DCI Daley, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read DCI Daley books in order?

You should read the DCI Daley books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each DCI Daley book also stands alone.

Where to start with DCI Daley

Start with Whisky From Small Glasses (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest DCI Daley book?

Last Orders (2025) is the newest DCI Daley book released so far.

Is there a new DCI Daley book coming?

No next DCI Daley book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

DCI Daley at a glance

Still running
DCI Daley is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
DCI Daley books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,498 pages across the 4 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 389 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most DCI Daley books, 12 of 17, were published in the 2010s.

What the DCI Daley books are about

5 of the 17 DCI Daley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Mystery & detective 4 of 5 books
  • Scotland 4 of 5 books
  • Crime 1 of 5 books
  • English literature 1 of 5 books
  • Islands 1 of 5 books
  • Islands -- Scotland -- Fiction 1 of 5 books
  • Missing persons -- Investigation 1 of 5 books
  • Missing persons -- Investigation -- Fiction 1 of 5 books
  • Murder 1 of 5 books
  • Organized crime 1 of 5 books
  • Police 1 of 5 books
  • Police -- Scotland -- Fiction 1 of 5 books

More books by Denzil Meyrick

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Characters in the DCI Daley books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.