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Inspector Alvarez #10
Almost Murder
Alvarez investigates some facts that prove sticky for everyone concerned, although for no one are they more awkward than for Alvarez himself
- GenresMystery
192 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1986
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About the author
Roderic Jeffries
134 books19 followersaka Peter Alding, Jeffrey Ashford, Roderic Graeme, Graham Hastings.
Son of Graham Montague Jeffries
Roderic Jeffries was born in London in 1926 and was educated at Harrow View House Preparatory School and the Department of Navigation, University of Southampton.
In 1943 he joined the New Zealand Shipping Company as an apprentice and sailed to Australia and New Zealand, but later transferred to the the Union Castle Company in order to visit a different part of the world.
He returned to England in 1949 where he was admitted to the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn and read for the Bar at the same time as he began to write. He was called to the Bar in 1953, and after one year's pupilage practiced law for a few terms during which time there to write full time.
His first book, a sea story for juveniles, was published in 1950.
His books have been published in many different countries and have been adapted for film, television, and radio.
He lived for a time in the country in a 17th century farmhouse, almost, but not quite overlooking Romney Marsh before he and his wife moved to Mallorca. They have two children.
Son of Graham Montague Jeffries
Roderic Jeffries was born in London in 1926 and was educated at Harrow View House Preparatory School and the Department of Navigation, University of Southampton.
In 1943 he joined the New Zealand Shipping Company as an apprentice and sailed to Australia and New Zealand, but later transferred to the the Union Castle Company in order to visit a different part of the world.
He returned to England in 1949 where he was admitted to the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn and read for the Bar at the same time as he began to write. He was called to the Bar in 1953, and after one year's pupilage practiced law for a few terms during which time there to write full time.
His first book, a sea story for juveniles, was published in 1950.
His books have been published in many different countries and have been adapted for film, television, and radio.
He lived for a time in the country in a 17th century farmhouse, almost, but not quite overlooking Romney Marsh before he and his wife moved to Mallorca. They have two children.
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March 16, 2022
Almost murder by Roderic Jeffries.
An Inspector Alvarez Mystery Book 10.
Inspector Alvarez, the suave, easygoing, cognac-swilling investigator, must solve the murder of a British tourist on the sleepy Spanish island — this time with surprising consequences.Alvarez is unwilling to agree that the death of a member of the British parliament, in the explosion that also took the life of another man, merits an investigation of unusual importance. In his opinion, a dead MP is less trouble than a live one.But investigate he must, and things are complicated further still when Alvarez finds himself serving under Comisario Suau, a stickler for discipline and routine, who is convinced that terrorists are responsible for the crime.Suau soon makes his contempt for Alvarez’s rambling methods of work clear, including his seemingly stupid insistence on investigating not just the deaths of those who’d been aboard the boat, but also their lives.Unfortunately for both of them, Alvarez’s research unearths some facts that prove sticky for all concerned, though none more so than Alvarez himself.
An ok read. Didn't realise it was a series. 3*.
An Inspector Alvarez Mystery Book 10.
Inspector Alvarez, the suave, easygoing, cognac-swilling investigator, must solve the murder of a British tourist on the sleepy Spanish island — this time with surprising consequences.Alvarez is unwilling to agree that the death of a member of the British parliament, in the explosion that also took the life of another man, merits an investigation of unusual importance. In his opinion, a dead MP is less trouble than a live one.But investigate he must, and things are complicated further still when Alvarez finds himself serving under Comisario Suau, a stickler for discipline and routine, who is convinced that terrorists are responsible for the crime.Suau soon makes his contempt for Alvarez’s rambling methods of work clear, including his seemingly stupid insistence on investigating not just the deaths of those who’d been aboard the boat, but also their lives.Unfortunately for both of them, Alvarez’s research unearths some facts that prove sticky for all concerned, though none more so than Alvarez himself.
An ok read. Didn't realise it was a series. 3*.
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