Wycliffe investigates the disappearance of a young girl - and becomes involved in a major criminal investigation .
Burley died in 2002..
W.
J.
His many Wycliffe novels were extremely popular and were adapted for a highly successful TV series starring Jack Shepherd.
Burley lived near Newquay in Cornwall, and was a schoolmaster until he retired to concentrate on his writing.
About author(s): W.
J. . .
So Wycliffe instigates a search - and soon finds himself caught up in a major criminal investigation .
Even her parents seem indifferent to their daughter\'s disappearance.
Wycliffe had seen her playing the part of the Virgin in the local nativity play, but when he asks around he discovers the girl was difficult and unpopular in the neighbourhood.
Then a young girl goes missing.
With his wife away, he rashly accepted an invitation to stay with a Penzance lawyer and his family, but when he arrives the weather is awful, the house miles from anywhere, and the family less than welcoming.
Chief Superintendent Wycliffe doubted whether he would enjoy his Christmas. . .
Wycliffe investigates the disappearance of a young girl - and becomes involved in a major criminal investigation
