An Instinctive Solution (Inspector Alvarez Mystery) - Hardcover

Book 32 of 37: Inspector Alvarez

Jeffries, Roderic

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9780727865953: An Instinctive Solution (Inspector Alvarez Mystery)

Synopsis

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 Herod is guilty. His reason? Instinct. Which doesnt go down too well with his superiors, and Alvarez is forced to take a risk in the belief that justice should take precedence over the law . . .

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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. In Jeffries's superior 32nd Inspector Alvarez mystery (after 2007's Murder Needs Imagination), the Mallorcan policeman investigates the murder of a well-to-do woman, Señora Heron, whose husband finds her lying on their bedroom floor with a gunshot wound to her temple. A second wound to the victim's thigh rules out suicide. The unfaithful Señor Heron, who stands to inherit a tidy sum from his late wife, appears to be the killer, but Alvarez's instincts tell him otherwise. A burglar may have been involved, and the husband's grief strikes him as too genuine to be counterfeit. Fans will relish renewing their acquaintance with the resilient inspector, his cousin Dolores of the fiery tongue and culinary expertise, and Alvarez's unbearable boss, Superior Chief Salas. The understated descriptions of the Mallorcan milieu form as great an attraction as the crime solving.
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ISBN 10:  0727877658 ISBN 13:  9780727877659
Publisher: Severn House, 2009
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