Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery

Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery

Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery (1993) is a crime novel by Cornish writer W. J. Burley. [http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/MP-39997/Wycliffe-and-the-Dunes-Mystery.htm]

ynopsis

Fifteen years ago, Cochran Wilder supposedly vanished during a walking holiday in Cornwall, and has now just been released from a psychiatric hospital, where he was incarcerated after successfully pleading insanity for an indecent assault charge. His father, a prominent MP, regards his son as a horrible embarrassment, and is in for more professional strife when Cochran's murdered body is found buried deep inside a sand dune.

Wycliffe suspects one (or possibly even all) of six figureheads in the local community, who had been spending an illicit weekend at a Chalet near the scene of Cohran's grisly end. When a series of threatening communications begin circulating and a second murder is committed, the sleuth finds himself caught up in a deadly race against time...

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Wycliffe (TV series) — Wycliffe Format Drama, Crime Starring Jack Shepherd Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 5 + 2 Specials in 1993 and 1997 …   Wikipedia

  • Charles Wycliffe — Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe is a fictional detective, created by author W. J. Burley. He is featured in twenty two novels. (Burley died when the twenty third was still unfinished). D/Supt Wycliffe is the head of the CID (plain… …   Wikipedia

  • W. J. Burley — William John Burley (1 August 1914 15 November 2002) was a Cornish crime writer, best known for his books featuring the detective Charles Wycliffe, who became the basis of the popular Wycliffe television series throughout the mid 90 s. Before he… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”