WJ Burley

WJ Burley 1914 - 2002

Born in Falmouth in 1914 Burley originally worked for a local gas company before applying to do a degree in zoology at Balliol, Oxford. Two years after his first teaching post he returned to Cornwall to become Head of Biology at Newquay Grammar School and when the school was closed down moved with the pupils to Newquay Tretherras School. Having settled with his family in Holywell he started to write and in 1966 wrote A Taste of Power and in 1968 The Three Toed Pussy, the first of his 22 Wycliffe novels. John Burley died while working on Wycliffe's Last Lap which would have been the 23rd novel featuring Charles Wycliffe.

Henry Pym

1. A Taste of Power (1966)

2. Death in Willow Pattern (1969)

Wycliffe

1. Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy 1968

2. Wycliffe and How to Kill a Cat 1970

3. Wycliffe and the Guilt Edged Alibi 1971

4. Wycliffe and Death in a Salubrious Place 1973

5. Wycliffe and Death in Stanley Street 1974

6. Wycliffe and the Pea-Green Boat (1975)

7. Wycliffe and the Schoolgirls (1976)

     aka Wycliffe and the School Bullies

8. Wycliffe and the Scapegoat (1978)

9. Wycliffe in Paul's Court (1980)

10. Wycliffe's Wild Goose Chase (1982)

11. Wycliffe and the Beales (1983)

12. Wycliffe and the Four Jacks (1985)

13. Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin (1986)

14. Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue (1987)

15. Wycliffe and the Tangled Web (1988)

16. Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death (1990)

17. Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist (1991)

18. Wycliffe and the Last Rites (1992)

19. Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery (1993)

20. Wycliffe and the House of Fear (1995)

21. Wycliffe and the Redhead (1997)

22. Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine (2000)

Novels

The Schoolmaster (1977)

The Sixth Day (1978)

Charles and Elizabeth (1979)

The House of Care (1981)