Wycliffe and the House of Fear - Hardcover

Burley, W.J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0575059958 ISBN 13: 9780575059955

Publisher: Gollancz, 1996

Synopsis

The ever-popular Chief Superintendent Wycliffe returns to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Bridget Kemp, the wealthy wife of Roger Kemp, the heir to an ancestral Cornwall home, who is desperate for money.

About this title

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.

From Publishers Weekly:

Charles Wycliffe's 20th case (after Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery) begins as he is on holiday with his wife in Cornwall, where he becomes interested in the 500-year-old estate of Kellycoryk and its family, the Kemps. The manor at Kellycoryk has fallen into ruin and is barely habitable. To save it, Roger Kemp, to whom heritage matters above all else, must either sell outright or lease it to the company owned by his wealthy second wife Bridget, who plans to make it a tourist resort. Roger, with "a knack for turning misfortune into... calamity," becomes the prime suspect when Bridget goes missing and the evidence points to murder. Wycliffe's natural curiosity becomes official when he takes over the investigation and turns his attention to the boating death of Roger's first wife, all while sorting out the Kemp family's festering relationships. Intuition, experience and factual inconsistencies lead him toward the solution of both deaths, but not before an apparently guilt-induced suicide occurs. This skilled blend of mood, character and plot will likely be read in one sitting.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Gollancz
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0575059958
• ISBN 13: 9780575059955
• Binding: Hardcover