TY - BOOK AU - Burley, W. J. TI - Wycliffe and the quiet virgin SN - 057503792X AV - FIC .U64 1986 PY - 1986/// CY - London, United Kingdom PB - Victor Gollancz Ltd. KW - DETECTIVE AND MYSTERY -- FICTION N2 - Chief Superintendent Wycliffe doubted whether he would enjoy his Christmas. With his wife away, he rashly accepted an invitation to stay with a Penzance lawyer and his family, but when he arrives the weather is awful, the house miles from anywhere, and the family less than welcoming. Then a young girl goes missing. Wycliffe had seen her playing the part of the Virgin in the local nativity play, but when he asks around he discovers the girl was difficult and unpopular in the neighborhood. Even her parents seem indifferent to their daughter's disappearance. So Wycliffe instigates a search - and soon finds himself caught up in a major criminal investigation ER -