The Cornish Detective series

The discovery of a body in a quarry creates a baffling case for Detective Superintendent Wycliffe

'First-class, old-time, hyper-ingenious whodunit' OBSERVER

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.

The discovery of a body in a quarry creates a baffling case for Detective Superintendent Wycliffe

About the Author
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.

Reviews
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 *
First-class, old-time, hyper-ingenious whodunit * OBSERVER *
Mr Burley tops his form * GUARDIAN *
Gripping * THE TIMES *



Book Information
ISBN 9780752881430
Author W.J. Burley
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 174g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 110mm * 32mm