Wycliffe and the Beales - Hardcover

Burley, W. J

3.79

177 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385191898 ISBN 13: 9780385191890

Publisher: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, 1984

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Deep in Hound of the Baskervilles country lies Washford, a village that looks as if it has grown out of the moor itself. Close by is Ashill House, home of the Beales, an odd and reclusive family. Old Simon has withdrawn from active life, Nicholas and Gertrude confine themselves to war games and the bottle, young Edward paints on the moor. Only Gertrude�€™s husband, Frank, has enough drive to maintain the family business. When the village lay-about is murdered, there�€™s no reason to connect the crime with the Beales—until Wycliffe goes in search of skeletons.

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About the Author:

W.J. Burley lived near Newquay in Cornwall, and was a schoolmaster until he retired to concentrate on his writing. His many Wycliffe novels were extremely popular and were adapted for a highly successful TV series starring Jack Shepherd. W.J. Burley died in 2002.

Review:

Another must for collectors―SUNDAY TIMES

You can always count on Wycliffe ... he inevitably guarantees a good story, convincing characters and appealing landscape―FINANCIAL TIMES

Wycliffe teases out the truth with delicate skill that leaves the reader intrigued and convinced―MAIL ON SUNDAY

Wycliffe is a rarity among the solid, decent English coppers abounding in fiction. WJB's success is thoroughly deserved―SCOTSMAN

Immensely likeable and believable―YORKSHIRE POST

First-class, old-time, hyper-ingenious whodunit―OBSERVER

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