One of the most widely read authors in the Netherlands, A.C. Baantjer continues to captivate a growing audience of American readers. This volume contains two of his favorite stories.
"DeKok and the Sunday Strangler" opens with the strangling death of Fat Sonja, an Amsterdam prostitute of whom Inspector DeKok was fond. Soon a second prostitute is killed, and along with his assistant, Viedder, DeKok begins down a trail of twisted motives and hidden agendas. 
"DeKok and the Corpse on Christmas Eve" proves that DeKok himself is not above breaking the law to serve the interest of justice, as he engages a burglar to commit a break-in and then tampers with evidence to entrap the murderer of a young woman. 
"Inspector DeKok is part Columbo, part Clouseau, part genius, part imp."-West Coast Review of Books

Murder in Amsterdam: Two Books in One (Dekok and the Sunday Strangler and Dekok and the Corpse on Christmas Eve)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Smittenaar, H. G.

Baantjer, A.C.

Mystery

Intercontinental Pub Inc

One of the most widely read authors in the Netherlands, A.C. Baantjer continues to captivate a growing audience of American readers. This volume contains two of his favorite stories."DeKok and the Sunday Strangler" opens with the strangling death of Fat Sonja, an Amsterdam prostitute of whom Inspector DeKok was fond. Soon a second prostitute is killed, and along with his assistant, Viedder, DeKok begins down a trail of twisted motives and hidden agendas. "DeKok and the Corpse on Christmas Eve" proves that DeKok himself is not above breaking the law to serve the interest of justice, as he engages a burglar to commit a break-in and then tampers with evidence to entrap the murderer of a young woman. "Inspector DeKok is part Columbo, part Clouseau, part genius, part imp."-West Coast Review of Books

Murder in Amsterdam

Literature & Fiction

Book by Baantjer, A. C., Smittenaar, H. G.

Dekok and the Careful Killer

During the weekly seance in the house of blind Jennifer Jordan, an excellent medium, one of the female visitors falls off her chair. Dead. Jennifer had felt the tension around her, the vibrations of lusts and strong emotions. Something was happening around her, something dramatic, gruesome. Is it the angry spirit of a deceased, bent on revenge, or is one of those present a murderer? Inspector DeKok looks for the murderer among the living, because, he says: "Dead people are in heaven, or in hell, and I've never yet seen a murderer come from either direction."

Dekok and Murder in Seance (Dekok Mystery Series)

Verbuggen, a wealthy banker has been receiving letters that hint at the kidnapping of his only grandchild. The mystery unfolds in old Western Church during the child's baptism. Vebruggen has arranged for DeKik to be one of the spectators. After the ceremony, a woman's fainting sets off an almost gothic chain of events for DeKik to sort through.

Dekok and the Begging Death (Dekok Mystery Series)