Wycliffe and the House of Fear has 87 ratings and 13 reviews. Chief Superintendent Wycliffe returns in an intriguing mystery centering around the Kemp fa.
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Wycliffe and the House of Fear by W.J. Burley
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. Burley died in Praise for the Wycliffe Cornish Detective Series: Wycliffe teases out the truth with delicate skill that leaves the reader intrigued and convinced. Our Books See all Books.
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Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz. Our Authors See all Authors. Log In Members Login. Keep me logged in on this computer. We need to use cookies to do this. Not a Member Yet? Create An Account Why Join? I'm a fan of the actor Jack Shepherd, who played Wycliffe, and for once, having a face If you are looking for flowing lyrical descriptions of Cornwall or if you are looking to enjoy a master of logical prose you are on to a loser with Burley.
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Shepherd's troubled and puzzled delivery is perfectly suited to this policeman who is going, eventually, to need a great deal of counselling He's got a good wife and in Burley's world that's what the little woman is there for. Mar 05, lytteltonwitch rated it liked it Shelves: Wycliffe is on holiday in Cornwall with his wife and he becomes interested in the intriguing Kemp family of Kellycoryk. Roger Kemp's first wife was lost at sea after a boating accident and now his second wife is missing.
A very dysfunctional family and the ending wasn't quite what I expected. Gentle yet gripping and I honestly didn't see the end coming! Maybe my detecting skills are getting a little slow or maybe this is just a very well written mystery. I've always held John Rebus as my favourite detective but Charles Wycliffe is now an understated contender. Oct 12, Louise rated it really liked it.
Enjoyed the setting and the odd characters that can be found in old English houses. Just like those I met in the English villages that I lived in. I have had these books for some time and now that I am not at work I am enjoying reading them. Sep 23, Suzan rated it really liked it. Wycliffe takes a vacation and becomes embroiled in small-town crime.
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A rather dysfunctional family and some clever plot twists, along with good character building made for an excellent read. Wycliffe on leave following illness encounters odd family and ends up taking over murder case involving them. Oct 05, Pat rated it liked it. A good, though not a really great, Wycliffe.
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Burley was born in Falmouth, Cornwall.
Before he began writing, he was employed in senior management with various gas companies, before giving it up after the Second World War when he obtained a scholarship to study zoology at Balliol College, Oxford. After obtaining an honours degree he became a teacher.
He died at his home in Holywell, Cornwall, on 15 August John Burley had his first novel published when he was in his early fifties. His second published novel, two years later, saw the appearance of Superintendent Charles Wycliffe.
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Over the next 25 years Burley produced another seventeen Wycliffe books and five other books. Then, late in , one of Burley's Wycliffe stories appeared on television in a pilot starring Jack Shepherd. The pilot was followed by 37 episodes broadcast over a five year period.
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By the author was, for the first time in his life, financially comfortable. He was over eighty. But the success of the television series meant that John Burley found himself overshadowed by his creations. To the public, the name Wycliffe brought to mind the unsmiling face of Jack Shepherd, the actor. Even in the bookshops it was Shepherd's face that dominated the covers of Burley's paperbacks.
John Burley, however, continued to write and produced a further four Wycliffe titles. He was working on his 23rd Wycliffe novel, Wycliffe's Last Lap, when he died in Recently a wish to restore the balance has emerged from amongst his readers. There is a feeling that we are neglecting a writer of quality, one who deserves to stand beside Simenon, the creator of Inspector Maigret. Reading through John Burley's books in publication sequence, one notices how the author's voice gets stronger and his views more certain.