Murder Needs Imagination (An Inspector Alvarez Mystery) - Hardcover

Jeffries, Roderic

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0727864807 ISBN 13: 9780727864802

Publisher: Severn House, 2007

Synopsis

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 case over to the slick, suave Inspector Pocavi, Alvarez remains determined to solve the case in the hope that his imaginative approach might win the day.

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About the Author

Roderic Jeffries was born in London in 1926 and was educated at Southampton's School of Navigation. In 1943 he went to sea with the New Zealand Shipping Company and returned to England in 1949 where he was subsequently called to the Bar. He practiced law for a brief period before starting to write full time. His books have been published in many different countries and have been adapted for film, television, and radio. He and his wife live in Mallorca, and have two children.

Reviews

Starred Review. One doesn't read a new Inspector Alvarez mystery so much as savor it. Much of the pleasure is in the ritual, which rarely varies: a crime is committed; Alvarez is summoned by Salas, his eternally irritating superior; then Alvarez goes about his business in his low-key style and somehow manages to uncover the truth, despite being browbeaten by his wife at home. This time the Majorcan policeman investigates what appears to be a routine case, the death of Englishman Jasper Vickers, who presumably died in a drunken fall from his balustrade. Yet Vickers has strips of missing hair on his wrists and two horizontal cuts on his neck. When Alvarez dares to suggest the possibility of foul play, he runs up against not only the infernal Salas but Inspector Pocavi, a policeman with a gift of invective to match Salas's own. Eschewing slam-bang action, Jeffries (Murder Delayed) offers solid craftsmanship and an eye to the details of everyday life so many other crime writers miss. A new Alvarez novel is always cause for celebration. (May)
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Inspector Enrique Alvarez of the Mallorca police scorns the island's wealthy expatriates, mainly because their wrongdoing takes him away from his three great loves: food, siestas, and cognac. This time one of those expats, notorious womanizer Jasper Vickers, has been found dead, apparently the victim of a fall after a drinking binge. But Alvarez suspects murder, thanks to some mysterious scratches on Vickers' throat. The central appeal of this latest entry in the long-running series continues to be the charm and humor of the seemingly bumbling but oh-so-wise and wily inspector. Emily Melton
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Edition details

• Publisher: Severn House
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0727864807
• ISBN 13: 9780727864802
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 170