Wycliffe and the Four Jacks
Published in 1985
From the back cover (Orion 2005 edition):
 Writer David Cleeve lived exactly the way a bestselling novelist should live — in an opulent house set in a beautiful corner of Cornwall.
But beneath the successful facade was a private nightmare. For at regular intervals a sinister and mysterious 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 a murder was committed.
Chief Superintendent Wycliffe was on holiday in the area but, far from relaxing, he finds himself drawninto the investigation. Before long there is more than just a single mystery to solve. As Wycliffe investigates, he uncovers a double murder, arson, and a whole series of crimes stretching back over many years ...
Location: "People who know Roseland will recognise the places described...."
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