Wycliffe And The Redhead

by W.J.Burley (Author)

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  Mass Market Paperback
  2007

  $3.59

  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.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $3.23

  A fracas in a gents toilet leads to a man's death. Mainly on the evidence of Simon Meagor, George Barker is convicted of manslaughter. On his release from prison, he kills himself. His daughter holds Meagor responsible, and becomes involved with a recluse who prescribes a dramatic therapy.