Wycliffe And The Redhead

Wycliffe And The Redhead

by W.J.Burley (Author)

Synopsis

The discovery of a body in a quarry creates a baffling case for Detective Superintendent Wycliffe Simon Meagor was a lonely middle-aged man. With a broken marriage behind him, his life was centred on his antiquarian bookshop. In his past was the memory of a murder trial where his evidence had resulted in the conviction of a man who had subsequently killed himself. Now, to his horror, the daughter of that man was applying for a job in his shop and, almost mesmerised by her, Simon found he was agreeing to her employment. Cleverly, over a period of time, Morwenna manipulated herself into his work, his life, and finally into his flat above the shop. And then she disappeared. When her body was discovered in a flooded quarry, at first suicide was considered. Morwenna was suffering from a fatal disease. But everything pointed to murder and, inevitably, suspicion fell on Simon Meagor. Wycliffe became increasingly disturbed by a case which grew more and more complicated as he explored many dark and murky secrets from the past.

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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Lt
Published: 13 Jun 2007

ISBN 10: 0752881434
ISBN 13: 9780752881430
Book Overview: The discovery of a body in a quarry creates a baffling case for Detective Superintendent Wycliffe

Media Reviews
First-class, old-time, hyper-ingenious whodunit--Observer
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
Mr Burley tops his form--Guardian
Gripping--The Times
Author Bio
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.