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Roderic Jeffries
Full Series List in Order
An Inspector Alvarez Novel
1 - Mistakenly in Mallorca (1974)2 - Two-Faced Death (1976)
3 - Troubled Deaths (1977)
4 - Murder Begets Murder (1979)
5 - Just Desserts (Jan-1981)
6 - Unseemly End (1981)
7 - Deadly Petard (1983)
8 - Three and One Make Five (Sep-1984)
9 - Layers of Deceit (Aug-1985)
10 - Almost Murder (May-1986)
11 - Relatively Dangerous (Sep-1987)
12 - Death Trick (Sep-1988)
13 - Dead Clever (Jun-1989)
14 - Too Clever by Half (Oct-1990)
15 - Murder's Long Memory (Apr-1992)
16 - A Fatal Fleece (Sep-1992)
17 - Murder Confounded (Sep-1993)
18 - Death Takes Time (Dec-1994)
19 - An Arcadian Death (1995)
20 - An Artistic Way to Go (Jun-1997)
21 - A Maze of Murders (Jan-1998)
22 - An Enigmatic Disappearance (Oct-2000)
23 - The Ambiguity of Murder (May-2001)
24 - An Artful Death (Dec-2002)
25 - Definitely Deceased (Aug-2001)
26 - Seeing Is Deceiving (Jan-2002)
27 - An Intriguing Murder (Feb-2003)
28 - An Air of Murder (Feb-2004)
29 - A Sunny Disappearance (Apr-2005)
30 - Murder Delayed (Jun-2007)
31 - Murder Needs Imagination (Apr-2007)
32 - An Instinctive Solution (Apr-2008)
33 - Sun, Sea and Murder (Apr-2009)
34 - A Question of Motive (Mar-2010)
35 - Murder Majorcan Style (Aug-2011)
36 - Murdered by Nature (Jun-2012)
37 - In Search of Murder (Apr-2014)
Book List in Order: 48 titles
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Mistakenly in Mallorca
- 1974
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There is no real justice in the world… Elvina Woods's death at her home in Mallorca is sudden and unexpected.Another few days and her great-nephew would have inherited, through her, enough to buy the English farm he craves. So when he returns to t...
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Two-Faced Death
- 1976
- / Police Procedural
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Inspector Enrique Alvarez’s retirement is approaching… Looking forward to spending his days taking siestas uninterrupted by the sound of the telephone ringing, and drinking brandy in the sun, a complicated murder was certainly not part of these r...
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Unseemly End
- 1981
- / Police Procedural
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Dolly Lund â€" widow of a scrap metal merchant and thrower of flauntingly vulgar parties â€" may be one of the wealthiest women on Mallorca. But she certainly isn’t the most popular… When Dolly unexpectedly dies after a night of overindulgence at...
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Layers of Deceit
- Aug-1985
- / Police Procedural
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The patient, brandy-drinking Inspector Alvarez must convince his superiors that what appears to be an innocent death is really a murder connected to a series of strange incidents, including the disappearance of a dog and the attempted suicide of a Ma...
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Relatively Dangerous
- Sep-1987
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Inspector Alvarez's investigation into a seemingly straightfoward fatal automobile accident in the mountains of Mallorca raises awkward questions about the identity of the victims and leads to the disclosure of painful and deadly secrets...
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Too Clever by Half
- Oct-1990
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Phillipa Burnette's refusal to believe that her brother Justin, a British expatriate living in Spain, committed suicide, coupled with a second, seemingly accidental death convinces Inspector Enrique Alvarez that a murderer is on the loose...
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Murder Confounded
- Sep-1993
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The latest puzzle to rouse Enrique Alvarez's sleepy Spanish island begins with an Englishman hospitalized for a suspicious pattern of cigarette burns on his body. The fact that the burns form a circle on Franklin Gore's chest would indicate that he h...
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Death Takes Time
- Dec-1994
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Unable to make the connection between two possibly related murders, time-conscious Majorca inspector Enrique Alvarez interviews a handful of suspects and finds himself enjoying his interviews with the flirtatious Honor Seymour....
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An Arcadian Death
- 1995
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In the isolated Canegot Valley on the languid isle of Mallorca, Spain, miserly spinster Dona Beatriz Ruig is found dead in her bedroom, doors and windows locked from the inside. The arrogant local police officer, Inspector Garicano, naturally conclud...
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An Artistic Way to Go
- Jun-1997
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British art dealer Oliver Cooper lived an apparently idyllic life on sun-soaked Mallorca - until he abruptly disappeared. Low-keyed, cognac-nipping, but always sharp-witted Inspector Enrique Alvarez is called upon to investigate the disappearance. Co...
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A Maze of Murders
- Jan-1998
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After a night of hard partying, four British tourists fall asleep on a pleasure boat off Mallorca. The next morning, however, three of them, Sheard, Kirsty, and Cara, slowly realize that the fourth, Lewis, is no longer there. Inspector Alvarez is dis...
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An Enigmatic Disappearance
- Oct-2000
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Inspector Alvarez likes the quiet life, away from the disapproving gaze of his boss, Superior Chief Salas, and the antics of Mallorca's expatriate community. So he is not inclined to become too concerned when Bevis Ogden, a wealthy British man, repor...
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The Ambiguity of Murder
- May-2001
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When the body of retired Bolivian diplomat Guido Zavala is found floating in his swimming pool, Inspector Alvarez finds evidence that points to foul play. Though the Inspector would rather be sipping a brandy in the shade, he begins to look for suspe...
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Definitely Deceased
- Aug-2001
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Alvarez was reluctant to help Miguel Munar, suspected of smuggling. And trouble did indeed blossom. There was the man who had to be identified if Munar were to escape arrest, but he had vanished; there was the headless, handless corpse which was foun...
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Seeing Is Deceiving
- Jan-2002
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The honour of the Cuerpo is on the line as Inspector Alvarez is asked to cooperate with an English detective who wants to question an expatriate living in Mallorca, a man whose wife was brutally murdered as part of a plan to steal millions. The inves...
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An Artful Death
- Dec-2002
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Wealthy and rakish Keith Vickers has lived at Ca'an Mortice, a luxurious estate on the Spanish island of Mallorca, ever since he experienced a series of failed business attempts back in England. Living off his inheritance and the profits of his lates...
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An Intriguing Murder
- Feb-2003
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For once, Alvarez is eager to get to work
Scott Muir was envied, but seldom liked; when Keir Locke learned he might have been the man whose malign influence had led his daughter to commit suicide, dislike turned to hatred. On Saturday, Muir entert... -
An Air of Murder
- Feb-2004
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Stayforth House in England had been inherited by the oldest son, Jerome, but he had allowed his younger brother, Charles, to live in his caseta in Mallorca. When Jerome died however, his wife, Heloise, was less generous. When Dora Coates visits the c...
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A Sunny Disappearance
- Apr-2005
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Life is hard, or so Alvarez judged before Maurice Rook set sail from Port Llueso in his luxury motor cruiser and disappeared ? then it becomes very much harder. Noyes, working for an English firm of investigators, arrives on Majorca suspecting Rook d...
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Murder Needs Imagination
- Apr-2007
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A new case for Inspector Alvarez . . .Majorcan Inspector Enrique Alvarez is called out to investigate the seemingly routine accidental death of Englishman Jasper Vickers, but all is not as straightforward as it seems. Despite being made to hand the c...
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Murder Delayed
- Jun-2007
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An Inspector Alvarez mysteryIt seems impossible: to find a man who stole half a million pounds from among thousands of tourists, with only a visual description. And not only does Alvarez have to do it, he also has a female dragon to contend with Raqu...
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An Instinctive Solution
- Apr-2008
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The new Inspector Alvarez mystery - When Majorcan Inspector Enrique Alvarez is called upon to investigate the death of a woman found shot dead in her own home, all the evidence seems to point to her husbands guilt. But Alvarez just doesnt believe Her...
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Sun, Sea and Murder
- Apr-2009
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An Inspector Alvarez Mystery - Rich and arrogant, when Tyler's love of good wine leads to the deaths of a young couple in a country lane in Kent, he drives his car to his extensive property in Mallorca so the English police can't examine it. When lai...
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A Question of Motive
- Mar-2010
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When there is nothing to choose between accident, suicide, or murder, motive is the only clue . . . A rich Englishman is found dead at the foot of a steep wall of rock in Mallorca. Was it accident, suicide or murder? Inspector Alvarez thinks only...
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Murder Majorcan Style
- Aug-2011
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Inspector Alvarez is just considering whether he can surreptitiously leave work early when a colleague calls to tell him that an Englishman has been found dead in his car in his garage, the engine on and the tank empty. Alvarez, chafing over the pros...
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Murdered by Nature
- Jun-2012
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Optimism, as Inspector Alvarez knows, is the road to calamity . . . - Inspector Alvarez is in a good mood, for once. The sun is shining, he has enjoyed a morning nap at his desk, and his irascible boss -- Superior Chief Salas -- is on holiday. But h...
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In Search of Murder
- Apr-2014
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Inspector Alvarez is rudely awakened from his afternoon siesta by a phone call reporting the death of one Senor Picare. On arrival at the Picare villa, it seems his grieving widow is passed out in bed and the housekeeper, RosalÃa, is the one dealing...
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Dead Man's Bluff
- Aug-2015
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Daniel Knott was a bad farmer and a worse husband. When his charred remains are found among the burnt-out farm buildings, the police feel the solution to the tragedy will be close at hand. That is, until another body is found…It may have been iden...
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Death in the Coverts
For hundreds of years, the Decker family has lived at Hurstley Place in Kent. In today's hard times, they are still a great family, although nowadays the pheasant shoot is financed and enjoyed by the members of a syndicate. A pheasant drive at Hurstl...
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An Embarrassing Death
Bill Stemple sells secret photographs of the new Lanfair model to a French motor magazine simply as a foolish prank to annoy the directors of Lanfair Motors. As an employee in the publicity department of the company, he leaves almost everything to be...
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Exhibit No. Thirteen
A girl is found raoed and murdered in a wood in Kent the crime, it appears, of a "case book" sex maniac. Detective Sergeant Rusk is sent to intervie3 the few men in the area who have a past record of sexual offences; among them he finds Kremayne, who...
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Traitor's Crime
It was hard for John Keelton, Chief Constable of Flecton Cross, to believe that one of his detectives had turned traitor - he was very proud of the high morale of the force. But the facts suggesting there was a traitor had to be faced, and he wasn't ...