De Cock en moord op termijn by A.C. Baantjer

Why read the book?

De Cock and Vledder face a case that seems, at first, to belong to the narcotics squad. It quickly grows into a series of dark killings that look almost impossible to solve. They have never been drawn so deep into one investigation.

Drug smuggling and prostitution run through the case from day to day, and blackmail plays a part too. The bodies keep turning up.

De Cock notes that a single murder once made the front pages, and that times have changed. Death has come to seem ordinary. It never does to De Cock.

Favourite quote

What I Loved

The book sits in a grittier Amsterdam, with smuggling and blackmail in the background. De Cock's weary remark, that murder no longer shocks the public, gives the case a human edge.

What carries it is his refusal to treat any death as routine, even when the cases pile up.

Key Takeaway

A wave of murders tied to smuggling and blackmail tests De Cock, who still refuses to treat any death as ordinary.

Note

This book is only available in Dutch

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