A high-profile murder investigation for Wycliffe, in Cornwall's heartland.
Cochran Wilder disappeared fifteen years ago while on a walking holiday in Cornwall. Recently released from a psychiatric hospital after being convicted of indecent assault, he had been a serious embarrassment to his father, a prominent MP. Now his body has been found, buried in the dunes. It is clear that he was murdered.
Wycliffe suspects the involvement of six people, now well-established figures in the community, who at the time had been spending an illicit weekend at a chalet near where Wilder's body was found. All are disturbed by Wycliffe's interest and by a series of threatening anonymous communications. But then a second murder is committed and the investigation takes on a new urgency.
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.
Title: Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery (The Cornish Detective)
Author: Burley, W.J.
ISBN: 9781409171843
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Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Publication Date: 2016-12-15
Number of Pages: 224
Weight: 0.1407 kg
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