1992-1996 A Collection of Wycliffe Novels from W. J. Burley

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First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

Three volumes. First edition. Written by William John Burley, a Cornish crime writer, best known for his books featuring the detective Charles Wycliffe, which became the basis of the popular nineties television series Wycliffe. This set contains: Wycliffe and the Last Rites, 1992. The vicar of Moresk, a quiet Cornish village, is shocked by the discovery of a woman's corpse sprawled across the church steps, raising suspicion that a satanic ritual has taken place in the grounds. Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery, 1993. Fifteen years ago, Cochran Wilder supposedly vanished during a walking holiday in Cornwall just after being released from a psychiatric hospital. When his murdered body is found buried deep inside a sand dune, Wycliffe suspects one of six figureheads in the local community, who had been spending an illicit weekend at a Chalet near the scene of Cohran's grisly end. The Wycliffe Omnibus, 1996. Very scarce volume. Containing Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue, Wycliffe and the Four Jacks, and Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin.