Inspector Alvarez Series by Roderic Jeffries
Inspector Alvarez #28
An Air of Murder
Roderic Jeffries
When Dora Coates’s nephew reported his aunt was missing after having gone for a swim in Llueso Bay and had later been heard to cry out in alarm, Inspector Alvarez’s reaction to this news was to tell the Policia Local that tourists stupid enough to get into trouble when swimming in the dark were their problem, not his. Then her body was recovered and the evidence suggested her drowning might not have been accidental.It was almost inevitable that Superior Chief Salas should criticize the course of Alvarez’s investigation; even more unfortunate for him that others were so vocally displeased by his dogged attempts to establish the truth.
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