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Baantjer is the crime series by the Dutch writer A.C. Baantjer. The books follow De Cock, an older police detective at the Warmoesstraat station in Amsterdam, and his younger assistant Vledder. Baantjer wrote the series from the 1960s until 2008, and it became one of the most popular crime series in the Netherlands.

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De Cock en moord bij maanlicht by A.C. Baantjer

A sect moves into a former printing works in Amsterdam. Soon after, a psychiatrist is killed on the Kalkmarkt. De Cock must find out if the two are connected.

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De Cock en het roodzijden nachthemd by A.C. Baantjer

De Cock and Vledder try to find the person who has murdered several women, each dressed in a red silk nightgown.

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De Cock en 't wassend kwaad by A.C. Baantjer

Several hardened criminals are murdered, and a line of verse by the poet Vondel seems to be linked to the killings.

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

An old woman vanishes on the road between Purmerend and Amsterdam, an architect is shot at three times, and an old man has also disappeared. De Cock walks into a hornets nest.

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

Three lawyers are found dead in the Brouwersgracht canal within a short time of each other. De Cock takes the case.

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De Cock en kogels voor een bruid by A.C. Baantjer

De Cock suspects a link between the murder of a young woman and the disappearance of a former colleague who had been threatened.

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De Cock en de dood van een profeet by A.C. Baantjer

De Cock looks into the murder of a failed theology student who had taken up the cause of young people with few chances.

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De Cock en het duel in de nacht by A.C. Baantjer

After a death notice for a notorious burglar arrives, De Cock and Vledder face a run of mysterious murders.

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

Two teachers are found dead on an Amsterdam car park within a short time, and an identical killing in Friesland brings De Cock into the case.

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De Cock en een duivels komplot by A.C. Baantjer

Three scientists who made a remarkable invention are murdered, and De Cock must work out who wanted them dead.

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De Cock en danse macabre by A.C. Baantjer

Three single men who collect antiques die of heart attacks within a short time, each found in a house that has been stripped bare.

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De Cock en moord in beeld by A.C. Baantjer

A worker accuses his former employer of dumping poison in the Amstel, and the case grows into something far darker for De Cock.

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De Cock en moord à la carte by A.C. Baantjer

A restaurant menu carries a full written confession to a murder, and De Cock recalls an old killing he never solved.

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De Cock en de bloedwraak by A.C. Baantjer

A young man threatens a tourist with an infected needle, and the arrest pulls De Cock into a murder tied to the fear of AIDS.

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De Cock en moord eerste klasse by A.C. Baantjer

A run of nearly identical murders of young women in the first-class compartments of trains leaves De Cock without a motive or a suspect.

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De Cock en een dodelijke dreiging by A.C. Baantjer

In the weeks before Christmas, De Cock meets his hardest murder cases. A find on the Keizersgracht grows into something far larger than he expected.

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De Cock en moord in brons by A.C. Baantjer

A respected member of an antiquarian society is found murdered under the Muiderpoort with a rare bronze knife in his back. De Cock and Vledder enter the closed world of the society to find the killer.

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De Cock en het lijk op retour by A.C. Baantjer

On the day an eighteen-year-old fan comes to meet him, De Cock and Vledder must search for a missing body rather than a missing killer.

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

A woman vanishes from a hospital, and three more turn out to be missing. De Cock follows the trail of these disappearances.

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

While guarding a millionaire's art treasures, De Cock and Vledder are called to the murder of a young man chained to a radiator. That same night a valuable silver jug is stolen from the exhibition.

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De Cock en moord op de Bloedberg by A.C. Baantjer

A funeral in Amsterdam for a criminal killed in Antwerp opens an international case. De Cock spots a mourner he knows has been dead for two years.

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

What looks like a narcotics matter turns into a string of sinister murders. De Cock and Vledder are pulled deeper into a case than ever before.

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De Cock en een variant op moord by A.C. Baantjer

A woman finds her company director dead in his chair, but when she returns the body has vanished. De Cock and Vledder must work out whether she really saw what she thinks she saw.

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De Cock en de dood van een clown by A.C. Baantjer

A clown is found stabbed to death at the foot of the Schreierstoren, and a collection of antique jewels has been stolen. De Cock must work out whether the two crimes are connected.

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

De Cock investigates the murders of two former drug users and the woman who ran their boarding house. Music seems to link the killings, and it draws him to a concert at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.

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