Wycliffe and the Pea Green Boat

Name: Wycliffe and the Pea Green Boat
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: W.J. Burley
ISBN: 9781409100126

Author: W.J. Burley

Series: Wycliffe

Narrator: Jack Shepherd

Abridged: 3 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orion

Published: 05/01/2008

Categories: Fiction, Crime, Mystery & Detective, Traditional British, Hard-boiled, Police Procedural, Cozy, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

When Cedric Tremain is charged with murdering his father by booby-trapping his fishing boat, all the locals are agreed that he is an unlikely murderer. But the case against him is strong: he has the motive, the opportunity and the know-how; not to mention the fact that there is some hard circumstantial evidence against him. So Cedric is arrested.

But Chief Superintendent Wycliffe has a strong sense that something about the case just doesn't fit. As he quietly continues his investigations a confusing picture emerges. Twenty years ago Cedric's cousin was convicted of strangling his girlfriend and served fourteen years of a commuted death sentence.

While the wheels of justice begin to grind Wycliffe searches for a link between past and present...

Read by Jack Shepherd

(p) 2008 Orion Publishing Group

About W.J. Burley

W.J. Burley lived near Newquay in Cornwall, and was a schoolmaster until he retired to concentrate on his writing. His many Wycliffe novels were extremely popular and were adapted for a highly successful TV series starring Jack Shepherd. W.J. Burley died in 2002.

About Jack Shepherd

Jack Shepherd is an actor, playwright and director. He made his film debut in 1969 but is best known for his television roles, most notably as Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe in Wycliffe. He is an accomplished saxophonist and jazz pianist.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on July 07, 2024

I discovered the Wycliffe mystery series early in the 2000's and every year or two I try to read at least one book in the series. I haven't previously been reading them in order and it hasn't really mattered but of late I've been trying to read every series that I'm working through in order. Wycliff......more

Goodreads review by Pat on July 28, 2008

I love a good old-fashioned English mystery - not much gore and a reasonable puzzle. This is the first book in the Wycliffe series that I have read and I now want to read all of them. I found Wycliffe delightful and the mystery just to my taste. Wycliffe reminds me a lot of Inspector Maigret. This i......more

Goodreads review by Alison on April 14, 2016

"Wycliffe and the Pea Green Boat," by W. J. Burley, begins in 1953, when a young Cornishman, Morley Tremain, who lives in a working fishing village, is tried and convicted for the murder of his former girlfriend, Alice, although he is innocent of the crime. Capital punishment still exists in 1953 in......more

Goodreads review by John on March 29, 2015

A good, old-fashioned, very English murder mystery, nicely written, good plot well worked out. What's not to like?......more

Goodreads review by Budge on January 17, 2023

Burley does ring the changes, he does adventure into different styles. Reviewing his first few Wycliffe books we’ve had him give a nod to the English cosy, a Simenon / Maigret parallel (and, interestingly, in this story we get a reference to a Simenon title, though not one of his Maigrets), we’ve ha......more