Hardcover with DJ. Red paper with gilt stamping on spine. Pictorial DJ with pink, teal, and black lettering. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 1987. 182 pages. In good condition. Covers are clean and unmarked. DJ is clean, with some creasing along edges. Fits snug to boards. Pages free of marks or tears. Binding is strong.

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Title: Relatively Dangerous: An Inspector Alvarez Novel
Publisher: Collins Crime Club
Publication Date: 1987
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0002321114
ISBN 13: 9780002321112
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Inspector Alvarez's investigation into a seemingly straight foward fatal automobile accident in the mountains of Mallorca raises awkward questions about the identity of the victims and leads to the disclosure of painful and deadly secrets

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No fancy tricks, no contrivances, just probing intelligence and perseverance distinguish the work of Inspector Enrique Alvarez in the dogged Mallorquin's latest case. A car crashes on a winding mountain road outside Palma, leaving the driver dead, the passenger without memory and both men without papers. His memory returned, the passenger, a lone hitchhiker, identifies the driver, a recent visitor to the island with whom various British residents have had financial dealings. Considering the possibility of murder, Alvarez tracks leads gleaned from the dead man's papers, criss-crossing Mallorca from elegant villas to hillside bungalows, even flying to Barcelona and London, in spite of the grumbling derision of his superior. An old scam in England, bodies switched at a funeral, a bitter son with a charming cad of a dad, all figure in Alvarez's resolution of this complex and satisfying case. Self-indulgent and long-suffering, sleepy on the outside, sharp as a tack within, the warmhearted Inspector Alvarez is as complicated and admirable as his detective work.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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