Wycliffe's Wild-Goose Chase
$22.46
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2006
Summary
Wycliffe’s home overlooks a peaceful, West Country estuary - but even here he can’t get away from crime. When he is taking a Sunday morning walk along the shore, he comes across a service revolver with one chamber recently fired. In recent years Wycliffe has often regretted the fact that his rank cuts him off from the early stages of an investigation, but here he is, in at the very start.
The case takes Wycliffe into the world of art robberies and crooked dealers, to a suicide which m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780752864914 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0752864912 |
| Author: | W.J. Burley |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2006 |
| Weight: | 143g |
| Series: | Wycliffe Mysteries |
| Audience Age: | 16-99 |
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Critics Review
Another must for collectors–Sunday Times
Burley is one of the adornments of the classic English crime novel–Yorkshire Post
First-class, old-time, hyper-ingenious whodunit–Observer
Wycliffe is a rarity among the solid, decent English coppers abounding in fiction. WJB’s success is thoroughly deserved–Scotsman
Wycliffe teases out the truth with delicate skill that leaves the reader intrigued and convinced–Mail on Sunday
You can always count on Wycliffe … he inevitably guarantees a good story, convincing characters and appealing landscape–Financial Times
W.J. Burley
W.J. Burley lived near Newquay in Cornwall, and was a schoolmaster until he retired to concentrate on his writing. His many Wycliffe books include, most recently, Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine. He died in 2002.
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