Book Overview
Writer David Cleeve lived exactly the way a best-selling novelist should live-in an opulent house in a beautiful corner of Cornwall. But beneath the successful fa?ade was a private nightmare. For at regular intervals, a sinister warning was delivered to him: a single playing card, the Jack of Diamonds. Then, one day, the card arrived torn in half-and that night, there was a murder. Wycliffe is in the area on holiday, but far from relaxing, he finds...
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0380703289
ISBN13:9780380703289
Release Date:January 1987
Publisher:Avon Books
Weight:0.20 lbs.
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Engrossing Read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Cleverly plotted British police procedural, with a nice sense of place - Cornwall. Our copper - a Superintendant, actually - is somewhat standard issue, highly analytical, a bit dour and a bit of a loner. The other characters run the gamut, from a bright and independent, but supportive, wife to a Brunnhilde-like jewelry-maker and fortune-teller. In short, a highly enjoyable and very quick read which is unlikely to linger in the memory.
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