Wycliffe and the School Bullies
$30.26
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
10 January 2007
Summary
Two very different young women have been murdered within the same week. One was a singer in a nightclub, the other was a nurse, but both were strangled in their own homes in very similar attacks. The press are quick to assume there is a psychopath on the loose, but Wycliffe suspects the truth may be somewhat more complex than that.
As Wycliffe searches for a link between the victims his investigations take him back in time; to a school trip, an isolated hostel and a cruel joke on a lo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780752880853 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0752880853 |
| Author: | W.J. Burley |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 10 January 2007 |
| Weight: | 143g |
| Dimensions: | 176mm x 112mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Wycliffe Mystery |
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Whenever a character comes back as many times as Chief Superintendent Wycliffe, a reviewer is faced with a dilemma: What can you say that you haven’t already said? We called attention to Burley’s solid plotting, well-described and colorful settings, and intriguing characters … Finally, we have no choice but to repeat ourselves by emphasizing one more time how pleasurable the familiar conventions of the genre can be in the hands of a writer as good as Burley. “Booklist””“Whenever a character comes back as many times as Chief Superintendent Wycliffe, a reviewer is faced with a dilemma: What can you say that you haven’t already said? We called attention to Burley’s solid plotting, well-described and colorful settings, and intriguing characters … Finally, we have no choice but to repeat ourselves by emphasizing one more time how pleasurable the familiar conventions of the genre can be in the hands of a writer as good as Burley.” –“Booklist”
About The Author
W.J. Burley
W.J Burley lived near Newquay in Cornwall and was a schoolmaster until he retired to concentrate on his writing. He died in 2002.
Previous titles include:
Wycliffe And The Guild Of Nine Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death Wycliffe and the Tangled Web Wycliffe and the Last Rites Wycliffe in Paul’s Court Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin Wycliffe and Death in Stanley Street Wycliffe and the Four Jacks Wycliffe and the Scapegoat Wycliffe and the Beales Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue Wycliffe’s Wild Goose Chase Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist Wycliffe and Death in a Salubrious Place Wycliffe and How to Kill A Cat Wycliffe and the Guilt Edged Alibi Wycliffe and the Three Toed Pussy
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