De Cock en het dodelijk akkoord by A.C. Baantjer
Why read the book?
De Cock stands by a friend. The friend's daughter is suspected of murder, and De Cock wants to help.
What starts as a favour does not stay simple. De Cock is soon drawn into a dark plot himself.
This is the sixteenth book in the series about the Amsterdam detective De Cock of the Warmoesstraat station. The synopsis keeps the plot short and does not give the details of the plot or its solution.
Favourite quote
Jan-Willem Hoffmann stared with an astonished look at the hand before him, in which a pistol was clenched, the barrel pointed threateningly at him.
What I Loved
The personal angle gives this one weight. De Cock is not just doing his job, he is helping a friend, and that raises the stakes for him.
At only a little over a hundred pages this is a short, quick case. It is a clean way to spend time with De Cock and his patient method.
Key Takeaway
A favour for a friend pulls De Cock into a dark plot, which makes the case personal for him.
Note
This book is only available in Dutch
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