Investigating a murder in his parents' remote homeland of Friesland, Detective Adjutant Grijpstra gets nowhere working within established police guidelines--yet his assistant de Gier uncovers vital clues while learning about Friesian culture

The Rattle-Rat (Amsterdam Cops)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Van De Wetering, Jan

Mystery

Ballantine Books

Mystery stories featuring Amsterdam detectives Grijpstra & de Gier

The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

Outsider in Amsterdam

Detectives Grijpstra and de Grier, middle-aged family man and modish bachelor, investigate the murder of the owner of a run-down restaurant in Amsterdam's old quarter

Death of a Hawker

In the midst of the bedlam that erupts in Amsterdam, a woman calls upon Detectives Grijpstra and de Gier to find the murderer of her brother, a hawker and successful importer

Matsuo Saito, the newest inspector in a small Japanese town, brings the logic of Zen to bear in his investigation of diverse crimes, in a collection of East-meets-West stories

Inspector Saito's Small Satori

A young Dutchman relates his experiences at a Japanese Buddhist monastery where he attempted to find the meaning of life as a disciple of a Zen master

The Empty Mirror

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

In an attempt to solve the mysterious death of a wealthy banker, the Amsterdam Murder Brigade finds itself outside the limits of the law, using computer-based espionage and the risky influence of friends

Hard Rain (Amsterdam Cops)

The Maine massacre

When the Commissaris and Detective de Gier of the Amsterdam police force find themselves in a small town on the Maine coast, the local police chief helps them unravel clues to an eerie string of murders that will apparently end with the Commissaris himself

The Maine Massacre

Detectives Grijpstra and de Gier investigate the murder of nightclub owner turned businesswoman Elaine Carnet, studying the possible motives of her daughter, her business partner, a young salesman, and her former sales manager and lover

The Blond Baboon

THE RATTLE-RAT

Pantheon

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