Inspector Alvarez Books in Order
Inspector Alvarez by Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme contains 37 books, published between 1974 and 2014. The first book is Mistakenly in Mallorca (1974) and the newest is In Search of Murder (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 37
- Published
- 1974–2014
- Pages on record
- 7,910 in 31 of 37 books
- Reading time
- 132–198 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,910 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 31 of 37 titles with a page count on record.
Inspector Alvarez is a police procedural series built around Enrique Alvarez, a detective working in Spain, and credited to Roderic Jeffries and Roderic Graeme. Mistakenly in Mallorca (1974) opens a run of 37 books that ends with In Search of Murder in 2014. Murder, missing persons and investigation supply the plots, in titles such as Two-faced Death, Troubled Deaths, Deadly Petard and Layers of Deceit. The 2000s were the busiest decade, and the median volume runs 250 pages.
How many Inspector Alvarez books are there?
Inspector Alvarez has 37 books, released between 1974 and 2014.
Inspector Alvarez Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 37 Inspector Alvarez books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Mistakenly in Mallorca1974 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419742241/4
- 2Two-faced Death1976 · 332 pages · confirmed 1/419763321/4
- 3Troubled Deaths1978 · confirmed 1/41978–1/4
- 4Murder Begets Murder1979 · 194 pages · confirmed 1/419791941/4
- 5Just Deserts1980 · 319 pages · confirmed 1/419803191/4
- 6Unseemly End1983 · 269 pages · confirmed 1/419832691/4
- 7Deadly Petard1984 · 207 pages · confirmed 1/419842071/4
- 8Three and One Make Five1984 · 253 pages · confirmed 1/419842531/4
- 9Layers of Deceit1985 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/419851841/4
- 10Almost Murder1986 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419861921/4
- 11Relatively Dangerous1987 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/419873001/4
- 12Death Trick1988 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419882561/4
- 13Dead Clever1989 · confirmed 1/41989–1/4
- 14Too Clever by Half1990 · 268 pages · confirmed 1/419902681/4
- 15Murder's Long Memory1991 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/419911901/4
- 16A Fatal Fleece1992 · 350 pages · confirmed 1/419923501/4
- 17Murder Confounded1993 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/419932401/4
- 18Death Takes Time1994 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/419942501/4
- 19An Arcadian Death1996 · 519 pages · confirmed 1/419965191/4
- 20An Artistic Way to Go1997 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419971921/4
- 21A Maze of Murders1997 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/419971861/4
- 22An Enigmatic Disappearance1998 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/419981761/4
- 23Artful Death2000 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/420002111/4
- 24The Ambiguity of Murder2001 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/420012781/4
- 25Definitely Deceased2001 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420013521/4
- 26Seeing Is Deceiving2002 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420023361/4
- 27An Intriguing Murder2003 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420033201/4
- 28An Air of Murder2004 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420042561/4
- 29A Sunny Disappearance2005 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420053041/4
- 30Murder Delayed2006 · 202 pages · confirmed 1/420062021/4
- 31Murder Needs Imagination2007 · 170 pages · confirmed 1/420071701/4
- 32An Instinctive Solution2008 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/420081881/4
- 33Sun, Sea and Murder2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 34A Question of Motive2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 35Murder Majorcan Style2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 36Murdered by Nature2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 37In Search of Murder2014 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420141921/4
Is there a chronological order for Inspector Alvarez?
No separate chronological order is on record for Inspector Alvarez, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Inspector Alvarez books in order?
You should read the Inspector Alvarez books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Inspector Alvarez book also stands alone.
Where to start with Inspector Alvarez
Start with Mistakenly in Mallorca (1974), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Inspector Alvarez book?
In Search of Murder (2014) is the newest Inspector Alvarez book released so far.
Is there a new Inspector Alvarez book coming?
No next Inspector Alvarez book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Inspector Alvarez at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Inspector Alvarez title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Inspector Alvarez books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,910 pages across the 31 of 37 books with a recorded length, a median of 250 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Inspector Alvarez books, 11 of 37, were published in the 2000s.
What the Inspector Alvarez books are about
33 of the 37 Inspector Alvarez books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: spain is tagged on 29 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Spain 29 of 33 books
- Alvarez, enrique (fictitious character) 28 of 33 books
- Enrique Alvarez (Fictitious character) 28 of 33 books
- Police 28 of 33 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 27 of 33 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 33 books
- Crime 4 of 33 books
- Investigation 3 of 33 books
- Murder 3 of 33 books
- Fiction in English 2 of 33 books
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