W. J. Burley

Könyv gerince megtört, borítója a gerinc alsó részén kissé szakadt, illetve töredezett. Címlapon ajándékozási bejegyzés található. The first five novels in the classic Wycliffe crime series are collected in this omnibus each characteristically taut, satisfying, and cleverly stitched...

In a sprawling West Country port lies the insalubrious Stanley Street, a dubious cul-de-sac just off the busy main road. And when a prostitute is found naked and strangled in her bed there, Chief Superintendent Wycliffe is called in to investigate. But things aren’t quite as straightforward as...

Chapter One Sylvie died without knowing why. In the instant when she had realised his intention and before the blow fell, when it was already too late to make the smallest effort to escape, she had experienced not only a paralysing fear but profound astonishment. It is said of some who die by...

CHAPTER ONEThursday evening. Outside it was raining. The three men sat round the fire in well-worn leather armchairs. Smoke rose from their pipes and drifted^ ialong the ceiling between the beams. On the high mantelpiece an alarm clock in a shiny metal case"tticked the seconds away, clink-chnk,...