Seeing is Deceiving

by Roderic Jeffries

The honour of the Cuerpo is on the line as Inspector Alvarez is asked to cooperate with an English detective who wants to question an expatriate living in Mallorca, a man whose wife was brutally murdered as part of a plan to steal millions. The investigation is making no progress until a peeping tom reveals that things may not be quite as they seem.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0727858114
• ISBN13: 9780727858115
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Severn House
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Charming story--Alvarez investigates between cognacs

When Inspector Alvarez of the Mallorca Cuerpo is asked to look into a noise heard outside of the closed shutters of some of the island's expatriot bungalows, he suspects that the wind is the problem--and that he won't have to miss one of his cognac over ice drinks. When he finds that there was no wind, he wonders if another explanation might prevail--an explanation that leads to murder. The death of a young man might be an accident, but it might also be murder. Alvarez bucks his boss, who merely wishes to close the case and his own self-interest (Alvarez is primarilly interested in sleeping and eating although he isn't completely averse to the idea of young female companionship) to continue an investigation into a murder that really shouldn't have happened. After all, what possible reason could anyone have for killing the young man? Apparently unconnected, Alvarez is also asked to help an English police officer investigate a torture/murder. Author Roderic Jeffries delivers a delightful mystery. The island of Mallorca comes alive as Alvarez deals with his home life (a distant cousin and her family), his job, his craving for fine alcohol and food, and a sense of dogged determination to continue looking for the truth no matter that doing so makes it difficult for him to enjoy any of these. Of course, he can often justify putting off his work--and especially his reports--until Monday. SEEING IS DECEIVING is a wonderful story and a fine mystery.