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Wycliffe and the Pea Green Boat

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When Cedric Tremain is charged with murdering his father by booby-trapping his fishing boat, all the locals are agreed that he is an unlikely murderer. But the case against him is strong: he has the motive, the opportunity and the know-how; not to mention the fact that there is some hard circumstantial evidence against him. So Cedric is arrested.

But Chief Superintendent Wycliffe has a strong sense that something about the case just doesn't fit. As he quietly continues his investigations a confusing picture emerges.

Twenty years ago Cedric's cousin was convicted of strangling his girlfriend and served fourteen years of a commuted death sentence. While the wheels of justice begin to grind Wycliffe searches for a link between past and present...

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W.J. Burley

W.J. Burley

W.J Burley lived near Newquay in Cornwall and was a schoolmaster until he retired to concentrate on his writing.

Previous titles:

Wycliffe and the Redhead;

Wycliffe and the House of Fear;

Wycliffe and the Three Toed Pussy;

Wycliffe and the School Bullies;

Wycliffe and How to Kill a Cat;

Wycliffe and the Guilt Edged Alibi;

Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist;

Wycliffe's Wild-Goose Chase;

Wycliffe and the Four Jacks;

Wycliffe and Death in a Salubrious Place;

Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue;

Wycliffe and the Beales;

Wycliffe and Death in Stanley Street;

Wycliffe and the Scapegoat;

Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin;

Wycliffe and the Last Rites;

Wycliffe in Paul's Court;

Wycliffe and the Tangled Web;

Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death;

Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine

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