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DCI Daley Series

11 primary works • 15 total works
Jim Daley, a detective chief inspector, in Edinburgh, Scotland:

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Two One Three
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4.18 · 420 Ratings · 40 Reviews · 5 editions
Glasgow, 1986. Only a few months into his new job,…

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    Book 1

    Whisky from Small Glasses
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    3.95     · 5362 Ratings · 459 Reviews · published 2012 · 21 editions
    When the body of a young woman is washed up on an …

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    Dalintober Moon
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    4.10     · 584 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions
    When a body is found in a whisky barrel, buried on…

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    Book 2

    The Last Witness
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    4.02     · 3414 Ratings · 218 Reviews · published 2014 · 21 editions
    James Machie was a man with a genius for violence,…

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    Book 3

    Dark Suits and Sad Songs
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    4.14     · 2700 Ratings · 141 Reviews · published 2015 · 15 editions

    The third installment in the bestselling DCI Daley…

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    Book 4

    The Rat Stone Serenade
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    4.06     · 2307 Ratings · 160 Reviews · published 2016 · 14 editions
    It’s December, and the Shannon family are returnin…

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    Book 5

    Well of the Winds
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    4.19     · 2146 Ratings · 141 Reviews · published 2017 · 11 editions

    As the Second World nears its end, a man is stabbe…

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    Empty Nets and Promises: A Kinloch Novella
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    4.05     · 546 Ratings · 20 Reviews · 3 editions
    It's July 1968, and redoubtable fishing-boat skipp…

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    Single End
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    4.16     · 367 Ratings · 15 Reviews · 2 editions

    It’s 1989, and Jim Daley is now a fully-fledged de…

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    Book 6

    The Relentless Tide
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    4.32     · 1833 Ratings · 119 Reviews · published 2018 · 12 editions

    When Professor Francombe and her team of archaeolo…

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    Book 7

    A Breath on Dying Embers
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    4.29     · 1610 Ratings · 121 Reviews · published 2019 · 11 editions

    When the luxury cruiser, hastily renamed Great Bri…

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    Book 8

    Jeremiah's Bell
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    4.42     · 1651 Ratings · 106 Reviews · published 2020 · 10 editions

    When rich American hotelier Alice Wenger arrives i…

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    Book 9

    For Any Other Truth
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    4.35     · 1602 Ratings · 99 Reviews · 7 editions
    A SUNDAY POST TOP PICK FOR SUMMER READING

    'This lat…

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    Book 10

    The Death of Remembrance
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    4.35     · 1341 Ratings · 85 Reviews · 5 editions
    The ghosts of the past will not be silenced.

    Glasgo…

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    Book 11

    No Sweet Sorrow
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    4.36     · 1206 Ratings · 74 Reviews · 4 editions
    A potent new drug has hit the streets of Kinloch, …

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