The first novel in the acclaimedVAN DER VALK series - now amajor new ITV series starring Marc Warren'Masterful'SUNDAY TIMES'Freeling's Inspector Van der Valk is less rugged than Rebus,less parsonical than Dalgliesh,more Morse than Frost,and more Maigret than any of them. Marvellous'- Anita Brookner'Freeling is a joy to read'TLS'You're in for a treat'COSMOPOLITANA woman,Elsa,is brutally murdered in her Amsterdam apartment.Her ex-lover,Martin,is seen outside the building around the time of the crime.The witness who saw himA policeman.It looks like a straightforward case - but police inspector Van der Valk is not convinced. Despite all the evidence - and the fact that Martin originally denied he was at the apartment - he believes Martin is not guilty of murder.Instead of charging him,Van der Valk takes him on a tour:a tour of the investigation; a tour of Martin's own past; and a tour into the darkly obsessive world of Elsa...
Publisher: The Murder RoomISBN: 9781471920608Number of pages: 224Weight: 200 gDimensions: 196 x 126 x 22 mm
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A slim,intense story of sexual obsession. It changed my ideas about the possibilities of crime fictionFreeling is the only British novelist of consequence to have tackled modern EuropeThere can be no doubt Mr Freeling is a genuinely masterful novelistElegant style and continually interesting narrative which give his novels their special flavourHe was the most thoroughly European of British crime writersFreeling's Inspector Van der Valk is less rugged than Rebus,less parsonical than Dalgliesh,more Morse than Frost,and more Maigret than any of them. MarvellousFreeling is a joy to readFreeling writes like no one elseIf you've never heard of Nicolas Freeling you're in for a treat. Read one and you'll want to get all the FreelingsNo one writing in the field can equal Freeling's depth and varietyThe air of civilised urbanity that runs through Freeling's books is to most detective novels what Henry James is to Zane Grey
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