Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistakenly in Mallorca | 1974 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 2 | Two-faced Death | 1976 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 3 | Troubled Deaths | 1978 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 4 | Murder Begets Murder | 1979 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 5 | Just Deserts | 1980 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 6 | Unseemly End | 1983 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 7 | Deadly Petard | 1984 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 8 | Three and One Make Five | 1984 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 9 | Layers of Deceit | 1985 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 10 | Almost Murder | 1986 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 11 | Relatively Dangerous | 1987 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 12 | Death Trick | 1988 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 13 | Dead Clever | 1989 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 14 | Too Clever by Half | 1990 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 15 | Murder’s Long Memory | 1991 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 16 | A Fatal Fleece | 1992 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 17 | Murder Confounded | 1993 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 18 | Death Takes Time | 1994 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 19 | An Arcadian Death | 1996 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 20 | An Artistic Way to Go | 1997 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 21 | A Maze of Murders | 1997 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 22 | An Enigmatic Disappearance | 1998 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 23 | Artful Death | 2000 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 24 | The Ambiguity of Murder | 2001 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 25 | Definitely Deceased | 2001 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 26 | Seeing Is Deceiving | 2002 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 27 | An Intriguing Murder | 2003 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 28 | An Air of Murder | 2004 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 29 | A Sunny Disappearance | 2005 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 30 | Murder Delayed | 2006 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 31 | Murder Needs Imagination | 2007 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 32 | An Instinctive Solution | 2008 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 33 | Sun, Sea and Murder | 2009 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 34 | A Question of Motive | 2010 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 35 | Murder Majorcan Style | 2011 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 36 | Murdered by Nature | 2012 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
| 37 | In Search of Murder | 2014 | Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme | Buy |
The Inspector Alvarez series by Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme ran for 37 books over four decades, from Mistakenly in Mallorca in 1974 to In Search of Murder in 2014. The Mallorca setting is central to the series, with titles like Sun, Sea and Murder, Murder Majorcan Style, and A Sunny Disappearance pointing to the island location throughout.
Many of the titles play on the word “murder” or “death” in different ways: Murder Begets Murder, Murder Confounded, Murder Delayed, Murder Needs Imagination, and Murdered by Nature, among others. The series was published steadily, with at least one new book appearing every year or two for most of its run. Readers should begin with Mistakenly in Mallorca and follow the publication order, as Inspector Alvarez and the recurring cast develop over the course of the 37 novels.