Mystery/Crime/Detective

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Mystery and crime fiction revolves around solving a crime or puzzle. The reader follows detectives, investigators, or ordinary people as they piece together clues.

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De Cock en de dood in antiek by A.C. Baantjer

A young woman tells De Cock that a bronze sarcophagus has been stolen from her, and that a curse rests on it. He is sceptical at first, but the case soon turns serious.

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

A man with a limp comes to De Cock. He had sought help for chronic leg pain from a faith healer, but she has suddenly disappeared.

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

The body of a woman is found at the Westerdoksdijk. It would normally be a matter for the harbour police, but De Cock is drawn in once it becomes clear this is murder.

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De Cock en tranen aan de Leie by A.C. Baantjer

On a summer evening a young woman reports that her father is missing. The man is the president of the court.

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De Cock en een dodelijk rendez-vous by A.C. Baantjer

De Cock and Vledder are drawn into a murder in the red light district. The crime happens on their own ground, but it proves to be a complicated case.

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De Cock en de geur van rottend hout by A.C. Baantjer

A woman wearing a heady perfume reports that her husband, who runs an export firm, has disappeared. De Cock and Vledder soon meet the hard reality of the crime.

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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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The Killing

The Killing is a Danish crime drama series. It aired on DR1 from 7 January 2007 to 25 November 2012. Søren Sveistrup created it. Sofie Gråbøl plays Sarah Lund, a detective in Copenhagen who cannot let go of a case until she finds the truth.

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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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House M.D.

House M.D. is an American medical drama series. It aired on Fox from 16 November 2004 to 21 May 2012. David Shore created it. Hugh Laurie plays Dr Gregory House, a brilliant but difficult diagnostician who leads a team at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.

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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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