Used hardcover with normal reading wear; the interior is clean and bright and the binding is tight. The spine of the dust jacket is sun faded, the front cover has a 5mm closed tear to the bottom edge, the heel of the spine has a 5mm closed tear, and the edges have rubbing wear.

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Title: Almost Murder: An Inspector Alvarez Novel
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York
Publication Date: 1986
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0312021372
ISBN 13: 9780312021375
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First U.S. Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Alvarez investigates some facts that prove sticky for everyone concerned, although for no one are they more awkward than for Alvarez himself

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Fans of Inspector Alvarez (Layers of Deceit, etc.) will rejoice that their commonsensical, brandy-nipping, rather indolent and put-upon hero is back. Two Englishmen, one an M.P., are blown up in a yacht explosion off Mallorca. Officials in Madrid ("on the Peninsula") think terrorists are to blame, which would get the Spanish police off the hook. A bossy, wonderfully persnickety Comisario is sent to Mallorca where he makes Alvarez's life miserable. Frustrated by bureaucratic closed minds, Alvarez's natural curiosity leads him to conclude that the victims had enemies closer to home. When a survivor of the explosion is killed in a mysterious car crash, the Comisario grudgingly gives up his terrorist theory. Alvarez solves the crime very cleverly and readers will relish the twists that lead to justice. They'll also appreciate the detailed characterization, local color, humor and Alvarez's temptation to "lose his soul" to a foreign siren.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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