In a sprawling West Country port lies the insalubrious Stanley Street, a dubious cul-de-sac just off the busy main road. And when a prostitute is found naked and strangled in her bed there, Chief Superintendent Wycliffe is called in to investigate. But things aren’t quite as straightforward as they seem. The victim, Lily Painter, is the kind of girl who liked Beethoven and had plenty of fine qualifications to her name. The more Wycliffe investigates, the more surprises he uncovers. But it takes a dangerous arson attack and a second murder before the solution to this diabolical puzzle can be found.
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W.J. Burley lived near Newquay in Cornwall, and was a schoolmaster until he retired to concentrate on his writing. His many Wycliffe books include, most recently, Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine. He died in 2002.
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Stanley Street is a cul-de-sac, blocked at the far end by iron railings which separate it from the railway embankment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Stanley Street, Christine Powell, Middle Street, Old Custom House, Paul Morris, City Property Trust, Bear Street, Lily Painter, Andrew Jarvis, Prince's Street, Derek Robson, George Powell, Sergeant Scales, Sergeant Smith, Arts Society, Chief Superintendent Wycliffe, Christmas Eve, Conniston Gardens, Docks Board, Jimmy Gill, Sergeant Barber, Lavington Place, The Joiners New!
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Stanley Street is a cul-de-sac, blocked at the far end by iron railings which separate it from the railway embankment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Stanley Street, Christine Powell, Middle Street, Old Custom House, Paul Morris, City Property Trust, Bear Street, Lily Painter, Andrew Jarvis, Prince's Street, Derek Robson, George Powell, Sergeant Scales, Sergeant Smith, Arts Society, Chief Superintendent Wycliffe, Christmas Eve, Conniston Gardens, Docks Board, Jimmy Gill, Sergeant Barber, Lavington Place, The Joiners New!
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- Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine (Wycliffe Series) by W. J. Burley in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Wycliffe and the Tangled Web (Wycliffe Series) by W. J. Burley in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Death in Stanley Street by W. J. Burley in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death (Wycliffe Series) by W. J. Burley in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Wycliffe and the Last Rites (Wycliffe Series) by W. J. Burley in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue (Wycliffe Series) by W. J. Burley in Back Matter
- Wycliffe and the Scapegoat (Wycliffe Series) by W. J. Burley in Back Matter
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