Wycliffe and The Cycle of Death is the 16th book in the Inspector Wycliffe mystery series by British author W.J. Burley and the 11th book I've read in this entertaining series.Superintendent Charles Wycliffe is enjoying a weekend at home with his wife when he gets a call about a murder in Penzance; book store owner Mathew Glynn has been found murdered in his office. This sends Wycliffe and his CID team to the coastal town to begin his investigation. Like all of the other Wycliffe stories, I found it entertaining, a page turner and an interesting mystery. One murder begets another death as Wycliffe wanders about Penzance, looking at present friends and family members and also delves into the past history of the Glynn family, especially the 17 year old disappearance of Matthew's wife, Inez. It turns out that Inez was originally betrothed to Matthew's brother Alfred and may at one time even had a bit of a thing with Matthew's other brother Maurice. Quite an interesting family, eh? And what about sister Sara, who moved in with Matthew to help care for his children and household when Inez disappeared? There was ill feeling between all of the brothers; Matthew and Alfred because of Matthew's stealing away of Inez and Matthew and Maurice because Matthew wanted to build houses on the old family property where Maurice still lived and worked a commercial property.Burley is is normal irascible self and his competent team, especially Crime Scene investigator Fox and his two DI's, Kersey and Lane, play minor but important roles in the ongoing investigation. I do like that it is a team effort even if Wycliffe plays the major role. The setting is lovely and the mystery is complex enough to satisfy you and it's peopled with interesting, three-dimensional characters. Even the ending is satisfying, and somewhat surprising. Always one of my favorite mystery series. (4 stars)