De Cock en de sluimerende dood by A.C. Baantjer

Why read the book?

The case starts with separate threads. An old woman disappears between Purmerend and Amsterdam. An architect is shot at three times. An old man is also missing.

De Cock and Vledder set out to clear up these events. The further they look, the more tangled the case becomes.

What looks like a set of unrelated problems turns into one difficult investigation.

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What I Loved

The book opens with loose ends that seem to have nothing to do with one another. The fun is watching De Cock test whether they belong to the same picture.

It is a steady, methodical mystery set in and around Amsterdam, with De Cock and Vledder doing the slow work.

Key Takeaway

Separate disappearances and a shooting may share one cause, and patient police work is what reveals it.

Note

This book is only available in Dutch

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