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The Alvarez Family Series

9 primary works • 18 total works
For those of you not familiar with the award-winning Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries, let me welcome you to the Family. You’re one of us now! And when the Alvarez clan is not solving murders, they run Discretionary Inquiries, a successful Silicon Valley agency that normally deals with the theft of intellectual property and computer software. Amid t…

Book 1

Murder is a Family Business
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3.86 · 1283 Ratings · 129 Reviews · published 2011 · 10 editions
Just because a man cheats on his wife and makes Da…

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    Book 2

    A Wedding to Die For
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    4.25     · 460 Ratings · 51 Reviews · published 2011 · 9 editions
    A wedding without a groom leaves a lot to be desir…

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    Book 3

    Death Runs in the Family
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    4.07     · 519 Ratings · 37 Reviews · published 2012 · 4 editions
    A DETECTIVE AGENCY WITH HEART. AND…WAIT… A CATNAPP…

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    Book 4

    Dead....If Only
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    4.46     · 320 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions
    A man who should be dead isn’t and Lee Alvarez’s v…

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    Book 5

    The CEO Came DOA
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    4.43     · 275 Ratings · 32 Reviews · 3 editions
    Global Gold Medal, Best Mystery Fiction 2017
    Dan P…

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    Book 5.5

    Honeymoons Can Be Murder, A Novella
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    4.41     · 102 Ratings · 11 Reviews · 2 editions
    When PI Lee Alvarez goes on her honeymoon with bri…

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    Book 5.6

    Marriage Can Be Murder: A Mystery Novella
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    4.16     · 79 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 2 editions
    Someone is trying to kill Delores De La Vega, an a…

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    Book 6

    The Culinary Art of Murder
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    4.34     · 238 Ratings · 21 Reviews · 3 editions
    A DETECTIVE AGENCY WITH HEART. AND AN UNCLE WHO'S …

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    Book 7

    Casting Call for a Corpse
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    4.49     · 314 Ratings · 23 Reviews · 2 editions
    Super sleuth, Lee Alvarez, finds a dead man wearin…

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    Book 9

    The Drop-Dead Temple of Doom
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    4.57     · 376 Ratings · 20 Reviews · 3 editions
    Ace detective Lee Alvarez is perfectly cozy at hom…

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    Book 10

    Bewitched, Bothered, and Beheaded
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    4.59     · 198 Ratings · 10 Reviews · 2 editions
    HEADS-UP! TWISTY PLOTTING, SLY WIT,
    AND OVER-THE TO…

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    Book 1-3

    The Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries: Vol 1-3
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    4.64     · 518 Ratings · 32 Reviews · published 2015 · 2 editions
    THE FIRST THREE DELICIOUSLY FUNNY DETECTIVE COZIES…

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    Book 1-6

    The Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries: Vol 1-6
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    4.60     · 511 Ratings · 38 Reviews · 1 edition
    SIX DELICIOUSLY FUNNY DETECTIVE COZIES..! Lee Alva…

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    Book 1-7

    The Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries: Vol 1-7
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    4.64     · 360 Ratings · 29 Reviews · 1 edition
    NOW ALL SEVEN DELICIOUSLY FUNNY DETECTIVE COZIES..…

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    Book 4-6

    The Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries: Vol 4-6
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    4.69     · 188 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 1 edition
    IN THE CONTINUING SAGA OF THE DELICIOUSLY FUNNY DE…

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    Book 5-5.6

    Love Can Be Murder
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    4.51     · 144 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2022 · 1 edition
    For P.I. ferret Lee Alvarez first comes murder, th…

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    Book 1

    Sleuthing Women: 10 First-in-Series Mysteries
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    3.91     · 212 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 2016 · 1 edition
    Sleuthing 10 First-in-Series Mysteries is a collec…

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    Book 5.5

    Sleuthing Women II: 10 Mystery Novellas
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    4.22     · 79 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions
    Sleuthing Women 10 Mystery Novellas is a collectio…

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