Two very different young women have been murdered within the same week. One was a nightclub singer, the other a nurse, but both were strangled in their own homes in strangely efficient, remarkably similar attacks. The press is quick to assume there's a psychopath on the loose, but Detective Chief Superintendent Wycliffe suspects the truth may be somewhat more complex. When another attack is aborted for no apparent reason, Wycliffe is certain that this is no random spate of murders. But with his superiors and the media uninterested in his theories, Wycliffe knows he will have to work alone to find the killer. As he 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 lonely student.
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W.J. Burley lived near Newquay in Cornwall, and was a schoolmaster until he retired to concentrate on his writing. He died in 2002.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wycliffe and the School Bullies, aka School girls,
By Devon Bedford (D.C., USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Wycliffe and the School Bullies (Wycliffe Series) (Paperback)
This was originally published under the title, "Wycliffe and the School Girls." I have enjoyed the novels in the Wycliffe series that I have read so far and this is one of the best. There are 37 in all and they are listed at an easy-to-find website devoted to the author. A fair number of English novels are re-titled when they are published in the U.S., including some of Ruth Rendell's early books. I think this is not an attempt on the part of the publishers, much less the book dealers, to mislead the reader. I think the publisher is trying to find a word that may resonate more with an American audience. Thus, "school bullies" vs. "school girls." (As a matter of interest, all the Harry Potter books had totally different covers in their American editions.)
So for those who are thinking of buying this book, don't be mislead by earlier reviewers' one-star "reviews" of the publisher's or Amazon's failure to disclose something that was pretty obvious anyway. This is a good mystery of the "police procedural" type. The success and satisfactions of Burley's Wycliffe stories lies in the detective's personality and approach to the case-- a blend of systematic plodding and mature insight into the character of his suspects. There are also wonderfully evocative descriptions and detailed location references for lovers of Cornwall.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Also printed as ... Purchased unnecessarily.,
This review is from: Wycliffe and the School Bullies (Wycliffe Series) (Paperback)
I bought it only to find out it was published in the 1970s under a slightly different title, a book I already owned. I failed to note the above review. Worse yet, Amazon does not note this in the "Product Details", even after I politely requested they do so. I was informed it wasn't there error that I purchased it, and thus was docked for shipping it back.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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retitled Wycliff and the Schoollgirls,
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This review is from: Wycliffe and the School Bullies (Wycliffe Series) (Paperback)
This book is an old novel under a new title. Nowhere does it indicate this.
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