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Baantjer
Speck Press is proud to present Dutch author Albert Cornelis Baantjer's popular Inspector DeKok Investigates series in English. These acclaimed novels provide snapshots into the career of the fictional detective, his young partner Vledder, and the historic Warmoes Street Station in Amsterdam. Speck Press's English translations have been met with high praise from reviewers for their smart, entertaining dialogue.
A. C. Baantjer is one of the most widely read authors in the Netherlands. A former detective inspector of the Amsterdam police, his fictional characters reflect the depth and personality of individuals encountered during his nearly forty-year career in law enforcement.
Known as the "Dutch Conan Doyle," Baantjer's following continues to grow and conquer new territory. The DeKok series has been published in China, Russia, Korea, and throughout Europe. A long-running television series based on Baantjer's DeKok novels reaches an even wider Dutch audience.
Baantjer was honored with the first-ever Master Prize of the Society of Dutch-language Crime Writers. He has also been knighted by the Dutch monarchy for his lifetime achievements.
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DeKok and
The Dead Harlequin
by Baantjer
Price: $14, paperback
Crime Fiction
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| Faced with murder victims found looking like macabre wooden harlequins, Inspector DeKok must unravel clues from two unexpected characters: a six-year-old girl who has trouble sleeping and a respected accountant who seeks DeKok's advice on committing the perfect crime. |
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DeKok and
The Somber Nude
by Baantjer
Price: $14, paperback
Crime Fiction
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| A beautiful, free-spirited young woman, Nanette Bogaard, has gone missing, and the closest to her fear her to be dead. Inspector DeKok is soon called upon to find her whereabouts. |
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DeKok and
The Geese of Death
by Baantjer
Price: $13, paperback
Crime Fiction
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| Renowned Amsterdam mystery author Baantjer brings to life Inspector DeKok in another stirring potboiler full of suspenseful twists and unusual conclusions. |
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DeKok and
Murder by Melody
by Baantjer
Price: $13, paperback
Crime Fiction
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| ?Death is entitled to our respect,? says Inspector DeKok who finds himself once again amidst dark dealings. A triple murder in the Amsterdam Concert Gebouw has him unveiling the truth behind two dead ex-junkies and their housekeeper. |
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DeKok and
The Death of a Clown
by Baantjer
3-2
Price: $14, paperback
Crime Fiction
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| A high-stakes jewel theft and a dead clown blend into a single riddle for Inspector DeKok to solve. While investigating a jewel theft DeKok is called to check out the death of a clown found floating in a raft down the canal, an enormous knife protruding from its back. The connection of the crimes at first eludes him. |
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DeKok and
Variations On Murder
by Baantjer
Price: $14, paperback
Crime Fiction
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During one of her nightly tours, a builiding superintendent's wife encounters Mr. Vredenburg, President of the Dredging Company, in the boardroom. Sitting in his large chair at the head of the table, she hastily walks up to him. To her horror, she finds him dead.
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DeKok and
Murder by Installment
by Baantjer
Price: $14, paperback
Crime Fiction
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Although at first it seemed to be a case for the narcotics division, this latest crime soon evolves into a series of sinister and almost impossible murders. Never before have inspectors DeKok and his partner Vledder been so involved in a case whereby murder, drug smuggling, and child prostitution are almost daily occurrences.
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DeKok and
Murder on Blood Mountain
by Baantjer
Price: $14, paperback
Crime Fiction
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| The trail of a recent crime leads Inspector DeKok to Bloedberg (Blood Mountain), Belgium, a neighborhood in Antwerp. Seems a man was fished from the Scheldt River, and DeKok has been summoned to help with the investigation. |
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DeKok and
The Dead Lovers
by Baantjer
Price: $14, paperback
Crime Fiction
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| DeKok and Vledder are ordered to protect the eccentric Manfred Nettelhorst's art treasures, exhibited during a special showing in Amsterdam. But before the exhibition has come to a close, the detectives are called away to investigate the murder of a man handcuffed to a radiator, shot exection style. |
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DeKok and
The Mask of Death
by Baantjer
Price: $24, hardcover
Crime Fiction
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| Women are checking in to the Slotervaart Hospital, but not checking out. And according to hospital files they were never there. DeKok and Vledder are called upon to figure out this alarming disappearing act. |
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