Wycliffe And The Scapegoat Av W.J. Burley

<P><B>An ancient legend, an all-too modern murder, and Chief Superintendent Wycliffe must find the link between them ...</B><br><br>Every year, at Halloween, high on the Cornish cliffs, a life-sized effigy of a man is strapped to a blazing wheel and run into the sea - a re-enactment of a hideous old legend where the figure had been a living sacrifice.<br><br>And now Jonathan Riddle, well-known and respected local builder and undertaker, has disappeared - and it seems all too likely that his corpse has gone the way of the historic ''scapegoat''.<br><br>As Chief Superintendent Wycliffe begins to investigate, more and more unpleasant facts emerge until he is left with an incredible, and seemingly impossible, solution . . .</P>