Wycliffe and the four jacks - W. J Burley

Wycliffe might be on holiday, but he still finds himself landed with a murder to solve...

Writer David Cleeve lived exactly the way a bestselling novelist should live - in an opulent house set in a beautiful corner of Cornwall. But beneath the successful facade was a private nightmare. For at regular intervals a sinister and mysterious warning was delivered to him: a single playing card, the Jack of Diamonds. Then, one day, the card arrived torn in half - and that night a murder was committed.

Chief Superintendent Wycliffe was on holiday in the area but, far from relaxing, he finds himself drawn into the investigation. Before long there is more than just a single mystery to solve. As Wycliffe investigates, he uncovers a double murder, arson, and a whole series of crimes stretching back over many years...

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.

Praise for the Wycliffe Cornish Detective Series:

Wycliffe teases out the truth with delicate skill that leaves the reader intrigued and convinced

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

You can always count on Wycliffe...he inevitably guarantees a good story, convincing characters and appealing landsacape
FINANCIAL TIMES

Gripping
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