De Cock en de dode minnaars by A.C. Baantjer

Why read the book?

De Cock and Vledder are put in charge of guarding art treasures that a millionaire has put on show in the Amsterdam building Arti et Amicitiae. Then they are called away. In a house on the Van Beuningenstraat, a young man has been found murdered, chained to the central heating and shot at close range.

That same evening a costly silver jug is stolen from the exhibition. There is plenty of work for the two detectives.

The trail leads them to a man who collects both art and people.

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What I Loved

The mix of an art exhibition and a brutal killing gives the book two worlds to move between. The question of how the theft and the murder connect drives the case.

De Cock and Vledder make a good pair here, and the Amsterdam art-world setting adds something different.

Key Takeaway

A stolen silver jug and a chained, murdered man pull De Cock into the world of a collector of art and people.

Note

This book is only available in Dutch

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