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 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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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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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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Lie to Me

Lie to Me is an American crime drama series. It aired on Fox from 21 January 2009 to 31 January 2011. Samuel Baum created it. Tim Roth plays Dr Cal Lightman, an expert in reading facial expressions and body language to spot when people are lying.

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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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