Join inspector DeKok in his investigations in the DeKok series by Dutch bestselling author Baantjer. DeKok is faced with a case involving a grand estate, deadly geese, and a horrifying mansion... DeKok takes on Igor Stablinsky, a man accused of bludgeoning a wealthy old man and his wife. To DeKok’s unfailing eye the killing urge is visibly present in the suspect during questioning, but did he commit this particular crime? All signs point to one of the few remaining grand estates in Holland. The answer lies within a strange family, suspicions of incest, deadly geese, and a horrifying mansion.

Along with such peers as Ed McBain and Georges Simenon, [Baantjer] has created a long-running and uniformly engaging police series. -Mystery Scene..... Inspector DeKok and his partner Vledder are ordered to protect the eccentric Manfred Nettel...

A woman has disappeared without a trace from Hospital South in Amsterdam. Upon investigation, three more women seem to have disappeared in the same mysterious way. For the first time in his career, a hospital means more to DeKok than a place where wounded witnesses and criminals are interrogated.

There are touches of the 87th Precinct, Maigret and Janwillem de Wetering, but Baantjer is in a category all his own. - The Globe and Mail....Without the slightest trace, an antique jewel collection disappears from a house along Gentlemen's Ca...

Along with such peers as Ed McBain and Georges Simenon, [Baantjer] has created a long-running and uniformly engaging police series. They are smart, suspenseful, and better-crafted than most in the field. - Mystery Scene.... Death, observes...

"Shrewd, compassionate, and dedicated, DeKok makes a formidable opponent for criminals and a worthwhile competitor for the attention of Simenon's Maigret fans."--Library Journal The trail of a recent crime leads Inspector DeKok to Bloedberg (Blood Mountain), Belgium, a neighborhood in Antwerp. It seems a man was fished from the Scheldt River, and DeKok has been summoned to help with the investigation. At a funeral back in Amsterdam, things are just as murky as the corpse's river when DeKok discovers a man among the mourners who has been officially dead for at least two years. Events further darken DeKok's view of the case when the widow of the recently buried victim files a complaint of forgery; her deceased husband's bank account has been emptied. DeKok soon finds himself drawn back to Bloedberg, amidst one of the most bizarre and cunning crime syndicates the old, gray sleuth has faced yet. A.C. Baantjer is the most widely read author in the Netherlands. A former detective inspector of the Amsterdam police, his fictional characters reflect the depth and personality of individuals encountered during his thirty-eight-year career in law enforcement. He was recently knighted by the Dutch monarchy.

A missing corpse turns out to be quite a variation on murder for Inspector DeKok.

Reviewers agree that this police procedural series is one of the strongest currently being published.

When a naked woman flashes past Nick Madrid's fourteenth floor hotel window it's quite a start to the Just for Laughs Festival. The management is horrified to have a celebrity death fall into their laps, that is, into their pool, and the mess in the shallow end is no treat either. But the big question is: was Cissie Parker pushed or did she fall? Nick, a journalist easily distracted by his intense and painful yoga practices, turns gumshoe to answer the question. Madrid and his cohorts -- the caddy Frank and the ciggie-smoking, platform-sole wearing Bridget -- pick up the deadly breadcrumb trail, each carrying their own suspicions as to who killed Ms. Parker. The fine lines of comedy and tragedy are smeared as the killer's trail leads them from Montreal to Edinburgh to the ghastly-lights of Hollywood.

Nick and Bridget are off to the Amazon with the Rock Against Drugs tour in Two to Tango Journalist Nick Madrid finds himself up the proverbial creek - the Amazon - without a paddle when he's dispatched to South America to report on the Rock Against Drugs tour. As if monstrous spiders, piranhas, kidnapping, and tiny, spiky fish that swim up a stream of urine to lodge where a man least wants a tiny, spiky fish to lodge aren't enough, Madrid is drawn into the mystery of who is trying to kill the tour's headlining, larger-than-life, pain-in-the-posterior rock megastar Otis Barnes. Madrid soon discovers that the murdering queue forms on the left for Mr. Barnes. The question is: Can he prevent Barnes' date with death at the final concert at Machu Picchu? ''Guttridge's series is among the funniest and sharpest in the genre, with a level of intelligence often lacking in better-known fare.''? - Balitmore Sun ''the satire is spot on.... There's a pinch of Pratchett, a drop of Hiaasen, and a deep affection for the worst of Fleet Street, but the result is all Guttridge.'' - The Guardian