Last Witness, The

POSSIBLE TRIGGERS: SEVERE, VERY GRAPHIC ACTS of VIOLENCE It seems that a Glasgow mob boss may have returned from the dead to exact his revenge on those who brought him and his empire down and sent him to prison. The gangster, James Machie, is a nasty specimen of humanity...but was eventually done in......more

Utterly brilliant second outing from this author. I was totally hooked from the opening (and explosive) prologue and first chapters, and struggled thereafter to put the book down. The pace is fast, the plot twists were superb, and the characters are so easily believable. I hd eagerly awaited the rel......more

I loved this book. The last half of the book was fast paced and I read it so quickly so I could find out what happened. I love Daley and Brian Scott and I can't wait to read the third instalment. I especially enjoyed the Scottish dialect because I was able to read it in the accent intended which was......more

Denzil Meyrick’s The Last Witness (2015) introduces Detective Chief Inspector Jim Daley of Glasgow’s police. Years earlier Daley, aided by inside informants, had been a central figure in breaking up a powerful crime family—the Machie gang led by Godfather James (“JayMac”) Machie. The turncoats went......more

When I read "Whiskey in Small Glasses" by Denzil Meyrick I was instantly captured by this author's style. The characters were likeable and real. So when I finished it I wondered how Denzil was going to match this and would I see the realism in the characters again. I was more than pleasantly surpris......more