Charles Wycliffe
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Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe is a fictional detective, created by author W. J. Burley. He features in twenty-two novels. (Burley died when the twenty-third was still unfinished).
Wycliffe is the head of the CID (plain-clothes detective branch of the Police) in Cornwall, England's most westerly county. As such, he takes charge of all investigations of serious crime (especially murder). Although not a native Cornubian (native of Cornwall), he tried hard to sympathise with the victims and sometimes even the perpetrators of crime, and their families. He has a fondness for literature and antique books.
Wycliffe is happily married, with two children. Nevertheless, the strains of the job take their toll on his family life.
In 1994, ITV filmed several of the novels as Wycliffe (TV series), over five seasons for a total of thirty-six episodes. In the series, Wycliffe was portrayed by actor Jack Shepherd.
There were certain differences between the TV character and the original. For example, in the books, Wycliffe's children have grown up and are living away from home; in the TV series, both are still teenagers. The TV Wycliffe was an accomplished jazz pianist.
[edit] List of Wycliffe novels
- Three Toed Pussy (1968)
- To Kill a Cat (1970)
- Guilt Edged (1971)
- Death in a Salubrious Place (1973)
- Death in Stanley Street (1975)
- Wycliffe and the Pea-Green Boat (1975)
- Wycliffe and the Schoolgirls (1976)
- Wycliffe and the Scapegoat (1978)
- Wycliffe in Paul's Court (1980)
- Wycliffe's Wild Goose Chase (1982)
- Wycliffe and the Beales (1983)
- Wycliffe and the Four Jacks (1985)
- Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin (1986)
- Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue (1987)
- Wycliffe and the Tangled Web (1988)
- Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death (1990)
- Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist (1991)
- Wycliffe and the Last Rites (1992)
- Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery (1994)
- Wycliffe and the House of Fear (1995)
- Wycliffe and the Redhead (1997)
- Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine (2000)
- Wycliffe and the Last Lap (2003) unfinished
