Wycliffe and the Four Jacks

Wycliffe and the Four Jacks

Wycliffe and the Four Jacks (1985) is a crime novel by Cornish writer W. J. Burley. [http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/MP-28052/Wycliffe-and-the-Four-Jacks.htm]

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The reclusive writer David Cleeve has been receiving mysterious warnings in the form of a single playing card; the Jack of Diamonds. When the card arrives torn in half one day, a murder is committed that same evening.

Holidaying in the local area, Wycliffe finds himself drawn into the investigation and soon uncovers a sinister tale of double murder, arson attacks and a whole host of other crimes reverberating down the years.

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