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When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott

Inspector Morse seldom allowed himself to be caught up in New Year celebrations

From the theft of an heirloom to an ominous case of blackmail

The villagers' lives are inseparable from nature and its enchantments

Alentejo Blue St. Martin's Press When a mysterious package isAlentejo Blue is the story of the Portuguese village of Mamarrosa told through the lives of those who live there and those who are passing through men and women, children and old people, locals, tourists and expatriates. For some, such as Teresa, a beautiful, dreamy village girl, it is a place from which to escape; for others the dysfunctional Potts family it is a way of running from trouble (but not eluding it). Vasco, a caf owner who has never