Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Wycliffe and the Redhead
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W. J. Burley
Class/Genre: Mystery Police Procedural
Series: Wycliffe # 22
St. Martin's, Nov 1998, $20.95, 189 pp.
George Barker was sent to prison for manslaughter, predominately based on the testimony of antique bookstore owner Simon Meager. After being held behind bars for six years, George is released, but almost immediately commits suicide. Morwenna, George's daughter, blames Simon over the misfortune that struck her family, starting with the incarceration of her father. Shockingly, Morwenna asks George for a job and even more stunning he gives her one.
However, not to long after that, Morwenna vanishes. Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe looks for the missing woman, who turns up dead, an apparent murder victim. Wycliffe begins an investigation by looking into the deceased's past, which he hopes will provide clues to the identity of the killer before anyone else is murdered.
WYCLIFFE AND THE REDHEADS is the twenty-first entry in what is one of the best British police procedural series on the market today and for the past two decades. Wycliffe remains a thoughtful fresh character, who feels like a member of the family. The secondary cast adds a Cornish flavor to a tasty who-done-it that is cleverly described by the great W.J. BURLEY.
Harriet Klausner
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