Inspector Alvarez Books in Order

Tatham conceals his great-aunt Elvina's sudden death in Mallorca, hoping a short delay will secure his inheritance. Her unpopularity gives Inspector Alvarez plenty to examine, while Tatham starts questioning the wisdom of his attempted deception.

A suicide note suggests English expatriate John Calvin's financial dealings have ended in disaster, but his body is missing. Inspector Alvarez must examine the suspicious circumstances while Chief Inspector Salas pressures him for results in Mallorca.

Geoffrey Freeman's comfortable expatriate life in Mallorca ends with a fatal poisoning. Inspector Alvarez initially suspects a woman who helped him embezzle money, but another poisoning broadens the inquiry and brings his own romantic feelings into play.

A wealthy invalid's mistress dies of apparent food poisoning after his funeral, drawing little sympathy from Mallorca's English community. Inspector Alvarez suspects murder, but missing evidence and hostile residents complicate his search for her rumored lover.

Miriam Spiller falls from a balcony in Mallorca, and neighbors readily accept accident or suicide. Inspector Alvarez refuses to dismiss her death, examining a financially dependent fiancé and other relationships in a community that seems unwilling to care.

Wealthy Mallorca widow Dolly Lund dies after a lavish party, leaving her young lover almost everything. Suspected murder draws Inspector Alvarez into conflicting family grievances, but the main beneficiary's English alibi makes the obvious explanation difficult.

A coded journal casts doubt on Barbara West's apparent suicide, sending Inspector Alvarez to question an old friend of her husband. The woman's loyalty to Keir West complicates the investigation as police seek a mysterious acquaintance named Sandra.

A fatal car crash seems easily explained by drink-driving until the victim's partner questions the whisky found inside. Inspector Alvarez becomes drawn to the grieving woman while further deaths suggest a conspiracy extending beyond Mallorca.

Tampered car brakes, a young woman's suicide attempt, and an Englishman's death disturb Mallorca's uneasy expatriate community. Inspector Alvarez investigates whether the incidents connect, following conflicting accounts from the island to England while his superior questions his theories.

A boat explosion kills a British MP and another man off Mallorca, bringing a strict superior to oversee Inspector Alvarez. While terrorism becomes the favored explanation, Alvarez examines the victims' lives and uncovers inconvenient facts.

A fatal crash in Mallorca's mountains appears straightforward until Inspector Alvarez questions the victims' identities. His investigation reveals concealed histories, turning an apparent road accident into a case where old secrets carry immediate and potentially deadly consequences.

A corrupt Mallorcan solicitor is murdered, leaving Inspector Alvarez to examine a tangle of competing motives. The dead man's dealings offer plenty of reasons for revenge, but the detective must determine which grievance explains the killing.

Inspector Alvarez investigates an English pilot's possible insurance fraud while a boat explosion kills his distant cousin. Family pressure and a visiting investigator complicate two cases that begin pointing toward the same wealthy expatriate on Mallorca.

Phillipa Burnette refuses to accept that her brother Justin's death in Spain was suicide. A second death, apparently accidental, makes Inspector Alvarez reconsider the evidence and investigate whether a murderer is exploiting appearances to escape suspicion.

Inspector Alvarez investigates an old love letter containing a coded message, a recently dead villager, and an army officer who died long ago. He must discover what connects the clues before the past's secrets can explain the present death.

An English businessman's disappearance draws Inspector Alvarez into a questionable property development scheme on Mallorca. As he examines the deal, the detective discovers partners cheating one another and must determine whether financial betrayal has led to murder.

An Englishman's patterned cigarette burns suggest torture, though he insists they were accidental and refuses protection. After another attack near his home, Inspector Alvarez challenges local prejudice and follows evidence toward a hidden identity and possible terrorism.

A woman's fatal fall and a wealthy Englishman's heroin-induced death raise questions that accident cannot easily answer. Inspector Alvarez must trace the circumstances behind both cases, especially evidence that the supposed drug victim had never used heroin.

An elderly woman dies in her locked bedroom in an isolated Mallorcan valley, apparently ruling out murder. When Inspector Alvarez inherits the case from an injured colleague, he questions the straightforward explanation his superior wants accepted.

Four British tourists sleep aboard a pleasure boat after a night of partying, but only three remain by morning. Inspector Alvarez investigates the missing man and discovers that the supposed holidaymaker's life reaches beyond Mallorca.

Art dealer Oliver Cooper disappears from Mallorca before his body turns up at home. Inspector Alvarez finds plenty of motives, but a broken watch fixing the apparent time of death gives the main suspects convincing alibis.

Inspector Alvarez initially dismisses a wealthy expatriate's missing wife as a runaway seeking a better life. A body discovered in a gorge changes the case, sending him through rumors of affairs, spending, and resentment in Mallorca's British community.

Keith Vickers disappears from his luxurious Mallorca estate, leaving his boat adrift. Inspector Alvarez’s inquiry becomes a murder investigation, uncovering the expatriate’s corrupt property dealings, political connections, and abandoned lovers while powerful people resist his questions.

Family pressure sends Inspector Alvarez looking for a witness who might clear Miguel Munar of smuggling. When a mutilated corpse appears, the search becomes more complicated, and an ambitious rival inspector threatens to take over the case.

A retired Bolivian diplomat is found dead in his Mallorca swimming pool, and Inspector Alvarez suspects murder. The victim’s affairs and questionable dealings provide many enemies, while threatening calls suggest the inspector himself may become the next target.

Inspector Alvarez investigates a bank employee’s murder and a motorcyclist’s apparent fatal accident. Discovering that the rider was a prowler raises possible links to other complaints, challenging Alvarez to distinguish separate crimes from one connected pattern.

A man is found dead in the swimming pool of British expatriates whose daughter he once hurt. Inspector Alvarez investigates his romantic history and suspicious money, facing a case where personal grief may conceal financial or political motives.

Inspector Alvarez investigates the murder of Lady Gerrard’s servant, Dora, with suspicion falling close to her employer’s family. An influential complaint brings his work to a halt, forcing him to contend with authority as well as the crime itself.

A wealthy English yachtsman disappears after a property deal destroys his finances. Inspector Alvarez questions whether the reported drowning conceals an insurance scheme, examining the missing man’s marriage and money while resisting pressure to accept the obvious explanation.

Inspector Alvarez must find an English computer expert who stole half a million pounds and vanished among Mallorca’s tourists. Contradictory descriptions narrow the search to several possibilities, until a suspect’s death adds murder to his already difficult assignment.

English expatriate Jasper Vickers appears to have died in an accidental fall, but marks on his body suggest otherwise. Even after a rival inspector takes over, Alvarez keeps examining the womanizer’s acquaintances and the evidence others may have overlooked.

An Englishwoman’s shooting brings Inspector Alvarez into a marriage marked by hostility, an affair, and changing insurance arrangements. Under pressure from his superior, he must assess the apparent motives without mistaking a convenient explanation for the truth.

British police ask Inspector Alvarez to locate a wealthy Englishman suspected of killing two people in a hit-and-run. Finding the man and his car in Mallorca starts a more serious inquiry, complicated by island gossip and his demanding superior.

A wealthy Englishman dies after falling from a Mallorca rock, but the postmortem suggests murder. Inspector Alvarez interviews his niece, servants, and business contacts, while his boss pushes him toward a suspect he is reluctant to accuse.

A wealthy Englishman is found dead in his Jaguar, apparently by suicide. Inspector Alvarez questions that explanation and wonders whether someone frightened him to death, investigating resentful adult children and guarded servants under his superior’s impatient scrutiny.

A tourist’s body washes ashore in Mallorca, and evidence of poisoning sends Inspector Alvarez beyond an apparent drowning. A connection to another recent death raises questions about a wealthy household, its visitors, and the inheritance its members fear discussing.

Neil Picare is found dead in a swimming pool designed to keep him safely within his depth. Inspector Alvarez questions the apparent drowning, investigating servants, lovers, jealous partners, and an argument that preceded the wealthy expatriate’s death.