The Wycliffe Novels (Wycliffe Series) - Softcover

Burley, W. J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1409132765 ISBN 13: 9781409132769

Publisher: Orion Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

The first five novels in the classic Wycliffe crime series are collected in this omnibus—each characteristically taut, satisfying, and cleverly stitched into an atmospheric Cornish backdrop In Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy, a case involving a dead woman with a deformed foot and a mysterious past requires Superintendent Wycliffe's investigative skills. Wycliffe and How to Kill a Cat finds Wycliffe on the case of a mutilated murder victim in which there are too many suspects, too many motives, and too many lies. A family feud leads to murder in Wycliffe and the Guilt-Edged Alibi. In Wycliffe and Death in a Salubrious Place, when a brutal murder is uncovered on the beautiful, tranquil Scilly Isles, Superintendent Wycliffe must dig beneath the calm surface of the community. As Wycliffe and Death in Stanley Street begins, a young woman is found dead in a house on Stanley Street—but that's just the start of a complex puzzle which Wycliffe must unravel.

About this title

About the Author:

W. J. Burley (1914–2002) was a schoolmaster until he retired to concentrate on his writing. He is best known for his crime novels featuring Charles Wycliffe, which were the basis for Wycliffe, a 1990s television series, now available on DVD.

Review:

"First-class, old-time, hyper-ingenious whodunit."  —Observer

"We have no choice but to repeat ourselves by emphasizing one more time how pleasurable the familiar conventions of the genre can be in the hands of a writer as good as Burley."  —Booklist on Wycliffe and the Redhead

"He never fails to provide a puzzle that will delight procedural purists."  —Publishers Weekly on Wycliffe and the Redhead

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1409132765
• ISBN 13: 9781409132769
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 810