De Cock en het masker van de dood by A.C. Baantjer

Why read the book?

A woman has vanished without trace from the Slotervaart Hospital. Later it turns out that three more women are missing too. For the first time in his career, a hospital comes to mean more to De Cock than a place to question wounded witnesses and criminals.

The families of the missing women are at their wits' end. They all mention the same thing, a change in the women's faces. The faces were stiff and lifeless, as if the women wore a mask of death.

The case puzzles De Cock. Why have these women disappeared, and what part does the hospital play?

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What I Loved

The hospital setting is unusual for the series and gives the book a cold, uneasy mood. The detail of the masked, lifeless faces stays with you.

The pleasure is watching De Cock sort a real puzzle, with the hospital itself under suspicion.

Key Takeaway

Four missing women and a strange change in their faces lead De Cock to look hard at an Amsterdam hospital.

Note

This book is only available in Dutch

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