In Search of Murder
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Publisher Description
Inspector Alvarez is rudely awakened from his afternoon siesta by a phone call reporting the death of one Senor Picare. On arrival at the Picare villa, it seems his grieving widow is passed out in bed and the housekeeper, Rosalía, is the one dealing with the police and comforting the young maid, Marta, who is devastated by the death of her employer.
It soon becomes clear that Senor Picare may have promised Marta – and other young women – more than he should have done and there could be a fair number of disgruntled husbands or fathers around who had a reason to want him gone.
Alvarez’s investigation, as always, is full of the vivid colour of Mallorcan life and passion, and despite Superior Chief Salas’ instructions, he doggedly follows his own – often unconventional – path until he finds out the truth . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Insp. Enrique Alvarez doesn't mind investigating crimes, as long as the work doesn't interfere with eating proper meals, drinking the right drinks, and getting enough rest, as shown in Jeffries's 37th mystery featuring the easygoing Mallorcan policeman (after 2012's Murdered by Nature). Relentlessly prodded by exasperated and sarcastic Superior Chief Salas, Alvarez tries to determine if the swimming pool drowning of Neil Picare, a rich, womanizing Englishman, was accident or murder. Alvarez interviews Picare's wife, Cecily, and members of his staff, including the housekeeper, the cook, and the cleaner, with inconclusive results. Salas also insists that Alvarez talk to a number of Picare's paramours. Alvarez is a congenial guide to the pleasures of Mallorca, even as he delves ever so reluctantly into the violence that sometimes mars this paradise, and if the crime and its solution are unremarkable, the tour is still enjoyable.
