Roderic Jeffries Books in Order

Mike Ansell witnesses a fatal hit-and-run and agrees to testify, but the driver offers money for his silence before turning to threats. With police protection proving inadequate, Ansell must decide how to keep himself and his family safe.

Detective Mike King needs a protected informant's whereabouts to investigate suspected terrorists, but administrator Pat Bowles refuses to disclose them. Their clash over duty and confidentiality becomes urgent as the informant and his family face danger.

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.

Detective Sergeant O'Connor plants drugs on a suspected dealer, and his colleague Brent lies to protect him. Suspended and under investigation, the officers face the consequences of breaking the law while trying to prove the suspect's real crimes.

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.

An old school friend's blackmail draws Gary Weston into a secret nighttime voyage off Spain. Back in England, his wife's murder makes him a suspect, forcing him to investigate the disastrous trip and its concealed purpose.

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.

Detective Sergeant Gerry Stone's car matches one involved in a fatal hit-and-run while his son was driving it. Torn between parenthood and police duty, Stone secretly investigates his son's unlikely account as another detective closes in.

Detective Constable Toby Ash hunts a serial killer whose victims are young girls. As the investigation progresses, fear for his own eight-year-old daughter adds a personal urgency to finding the murderer before another child is targeted.

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.

After his girlfriend is raped, Calvin Slade persuades Timothy Rees to help find her attacker. Their pursuit turns into a confrontation that tests the boundary between punishment and revenge, forcing difficult questions about what justice should mean.

A young woman's kidnapping appears inexplicable when no ransom demand arrives. Detective Constable Carr becomes vulnerable to blackmail, and his coerced disclosures about police security threaten another potential victim while placing his marriage and professional duty in conflict.

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.

Richard Adeane suspects his brother-in-law committed a brutal rape, but raising the accusation could destroy hopes of reconciling with his wife. Her insistence on family loyalty forces him to choose between protecting relationships and pursuing the truth.

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.

Jury foreman John Gregg receives a mysterious call demanding an acquittal in a date-rape trial. Pressure from outside the courtroom forces him to confront the threat behind the demand while carrying responsibility for the jury's verdict.

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.

After a boy dies in a hit-and-run, PC Geoff Ballard suspects someone has interfered with a witness’s memory. Pursuing the stalled case on his own draws him toward organized crime and questions about corruption within his own force.

Country solicitor Alan Ryan is implicated in a fatal hit-and-run involving his own car, although he insists he was not driving. A relative’s denial and Ryan’s efforts to protect him leave an otherwise respectable man facing a dangerous legal trap.

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.

Detective Constable Keen initially treats a fatal hit-and-run as an accident. Hidden cash and evidence of a decades-old shipping collision suggest murder, but investigating a powerful local man meets resistance from colleagues and puts Keen at risk.

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 diamond courier dies in a road accident, leaving the smuggled stones inaccessible in the morgue. The driver’s husband helps conceal her involvement, while a frustrated criminal’s efforts to recover the diamond draw several people into an increasingly dangerous tangle.

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.

Simon Wyatt confronts the drunken police officer who has beaten his daughter and grandson. When the officer is found dead, Wyatt conceals his visit, leaving a persistent detective to untangle the competing demands of evidence, family loyalty, and justice.

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.

Kidnappers seize bank computer specialist Gavin Penfold and use his car, striking a pedestrian during their escape. They leave him drugged and behind the wheel, forcing him to defend a story the police find easier to dismiss than believe.

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.

Jerome Dean attends a shooting party where another guest’s low shot fatally wounds a man hidden in brambles. What follows is a campaign against Dean and his family, with threats the police struggle to prevent from becoming murder.

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.

After a cargo ship’s captain is killed, Felix Dunn takes command and becomes a suspect when valuable diamonds disappear. Detective Helen Ryan doubts the case against him, investigating the voyage while his past and troubled marriage work against him.

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.

Detective Constable Ron Perry investigates his niece Elaine’s disappearance while concealing their relationship from his superior. Evidence points toward abduction and a local farmer, but procedural restrictions and his personal stake threaten his ability to find her.

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.

A burglary follows Detective Constable Andy Gregg’s security inspection of a manor house, and his purchase of an expensive ring raises suspicion. When another theft leaves an officer dead, Gregg faces questions about whether he helped the criminals.

Gillian Harvey fails to meet a visiting friend at the airport, prompting a police inquiry into her disappearance. Her farmer husband offers evasive explanations, and interviews with workers and acquaintances deepen concern about what has happened on the farm.

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.

Barrister Steve Drury identifies a fleeing killer, then faces pressure to withdraw his testimony when a teenage girl is kidnapped. Forced to choose between perjury and her safety, he struggles as police race to find the hostage.

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.

Elaine Cane is suspected of killing her husband after he attacks her in a drunken rage. Her friendship with an artist, lack of an alibi, and refusal to explain their quarrel strengthen a case that still lacks conclusive evidence.

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.

Copywriter David Ansell’s Mediterranean work cruise brings an affair and an unwitting role in diamond smuggling. Returning home leaves him trapped by his own lies, while a suspicious detective and a more skeptical colleague approach the resulting deaths differently.

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.