Just Deserts (Inspector Alvarez Murder Mysteries Book 5)
By Roderic Jeffries
Brandy, Mallorca, and solving murders. Three of Inspector Alvarez’s favourite things.
Miriam Spiller is middle-aged and not very successful with men. So Mallorca’s English community is somewhat surprised when she gets engaged.
Her fiancé is an unsuccessful novelist — so unsuccessful that he risks deportation if he can’t find a lump sum forthwith to satisfy the Spanish authorities.
Miriam talks bravely of finding someone to borrow the money from. But doesn’t get very far before stumbling back to her solitary flat. She’s drunk too much gin and staggers onto the wrought-iron balcony, where she crashes through the rusted railing. A clear case of accidental death?
Except that Brenda Stewart, Miriam’s closest thing to a friend, thinks otherwise, and passes on her suspicions to Inspector Enrique Alvarez.
His patient investigation into the manners, morals and past histories of the English residents who knew Miriam leads him into a veritable labyrinth of subterfuge. One that may even threaten his own contentment.
Perfect for fans of Roy Lewis, Brian Battison, J.M. Gregson, Agatha Christie, or Faith Martin.
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