A beautiful schoolgirl goes missing from a Cornish village on the day she tells her boyfriend and sister that she’s pregnant. The possibility that she’s been raped or murdered—or both—grows with every passing hour, and Wycliffe is brought in on the case. The investigation reveals a complex network of family intrigue centered on the girl; and then Wycliffe finds a body—but not the one he expects. Have there been two murders? As Wycliffe digs deeper, he soon realizes that just beneath the mundane surface of the community lies a web of hatred and resentment—a web he will have to untangle if he’s to find the key to the mystery.
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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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The fair girl looked out of place in a doctor's waiting-room; she seemed to glow with health. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jane Rule, Hilda Clemo, Lucy Lane, Ralph Martin, Henry Rule, James Clemo, Agnes Rule, Polly Innes, Bertie Harvey, Incident Room, Miss Clemo, Chief Superintendent Wycliffe, Tregelles Farm, Alleston Manor, Lewis Carroll, Sea Spray, Clifford Rule, Charlie Martin, Constable Baxter, Esther Clemo, Inspector Rowse, John Scales, Lily Armitage, Miss Jessup, The Seiners New!
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The fair girl looked out of place in a doctor's waiting-room; she seemed to glow with health. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jane Rule, Hilda Clemo, Lucy Lane, Ralph Martin, Henry Rule, James Clemo, Agnes Rule, Polly Innes, Bertie Harvey, Incident Room, Miss Clemo, Chief Superintendent Wycliffe, Tregelles Farm, Alleston Manor, Lewis Carroll, Sea Spray, Clifford Rule, Charlie Martin, Constable Baxter, Esther Clemo, Inspector Rowse, John Scales, Lily Armitage, Miss Jessup, The Seiners New!
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- Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery by W. J. Burley in Front Matter
- Wycliffe and the House of Fear by W. J. Burley in Front Matter
- The Pillow Book (Penguin Classics) by Sei Shonagon on page 135
- Wycliffe and the Pea Green Boat by W. J. Burley in Front Matter
- Death in Willow Pattern by W. J. Burley in Front Matter
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- Wycliffe and the Last Rites (Wycliffe Series) by W. J. Burley in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin (Wycliffe Series) by W. J. Burley in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Wycliffe and Death in Stanley Street (Wycliffe Series) by W. J. Burley in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue (Wycliffe Series) by W. J. Burley in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Wycliffe and the Scapegoat (Wycliffe Series) by W. J. Burley in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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