De Cock en de ganzen van de dood by A.C. Baantjer
De Cock deals with threatening letters and a woman tied to a wheelchair, while a suspect held for beating an old couple to death may not be the real killer.
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Baantjer
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 de smekende dood by A.C. Baantjer
Two men from the higher circles of Amsterdam are murdered in the flat of a call girl, and the case falls to De Cock.
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De Cock en de moord in extase by A.C. Baantjer
A raid on a cash transport van and the murder of its driver give De Cock and his colleagues a great deal of work.
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De Cock en de moord in seance by A.C. Baantjer
A woman is murdered during a seance, and De Cock has to unmask the killer.
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De Cock en het dodelijk akkoord by A.C. Baantjer
De Cock helps a friend whose daughter is suspected of murder, but he is soon caught up in a dark plot himself.
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De Cock en de broeders van de zachte dood by A.C. Baantjer
A De Cock mystery that opens with a short piece by A.C. Baantjer on death in crime fiction.
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De Cock en de naakte juffer by A.C. Baantjer
A boy of about eight brings a death notice addressed to De Cock to the Warmoesstraat station, and the funeral is the start of a puzzling murder case.
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De Cock en de dansende dood by A.C. Baantjer
A De Cock mystery that opens with a short piece by A.C. Baantjer on death in crime fiction.
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De Cock en het lijk aan de kerkmuur by A.C. Baantjer
The body of a tramp is found against a church wall, but a doctor finds he was murdered in an unusual way, and the dead man turns out to be a rich baron.
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De Cock en de stervende wandelaar by A.C. Baantjer
A student found dead in a police cell was put there to sleep off the drink, but the post-mortem shows he was poisoned, and De Cock must find out who killed him.
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De Cock en de romance in moord by A.C. Baantjer
A well-liked nurse is murdered and a young burglar is the obvious suspect. De Cock knows the burglar well and does not believe the simple story.
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De Cock en de zorgvuldige moordenaar by A.C. Baantjer
In a dark, narrow Amsterdam alley the body of a young woman is found in a fur coat. De Cock and Vledder face a case that seems impossible to crack.
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De Cock en de ontgoochelde dode by A.C. Baantjer
A man who was insured for a very large sum is pulled dead from an Amsterdam canal. De Cock takes the case and Vledder senses trouble at once.
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De Cock en de treurende kater by A.C. Baantjer
A young man is found stabbed in the dunes near Noordwijk and the local police get nowhere. The case lands on De Cock's desk in Amsterdam.
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De Cock en de dode harlekijn by A.C. Baantjer
A double murder in a well-known Amsterdam hotel leaves the victims looking like grim harlequins. De Cock has only two witnesses to go on.
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De Cock en het sombere naakt by A.C. Baantjer
A young woman is reported missing by her sister, and De Cock fears she is already dead. The more he learns about her, the darker her life looks.
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De Cock en de moord op Anna Bentveld by A.C. Baantjer
A sex worker is murdered in Amsterdam and suspicion lands on a young burglar. De Cock plays only a small part while a colleague leads the case.
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De Cock en het lijk in de kerstnacht by A.C. Baantjer
On Christmas night a young woman's body is pulled from an Amsterdam canal. The dead woman was strangled and pregnant, and De Cock wants to close the case fast.
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De Cock en de wurger op zondag by A.C. Baantjer
Detective De Cock is called back from his holiday to take over a stalled murder case. A sex worker has been killed and the trail has gone cold.
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De Cock en een strop voor Bobby by A.C. Baantjer
A young detective cannot let go of a sex worker's death and starts to dig into the reasons behind it. This is the first book in the long De Cock series.
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