Murder In Amsterdam

Author : Ian Buruma
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0143112368

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A revelatory look at what happens when political Islam collides with the secular West Ian Buruma's Murder in Amsterdam is a masterpiece of investigative journalism, a book with the intimacy and narrative control of a crime novel and the analytical brilliance for which Buruma is renowned. On a cold November day in Amsterdam in 2004, the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot and killed by an Islamic extremist for making a movie that "insulted the prophet Mohammed." The murder sent shock waves across Europe and around the world. Shortly thereafter, Ian Buruma returned to his native land to investigate the event and its larger meaning as part of the great dilemma of our time.

Author : Nicolas Freeling
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780369701121

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Love in Amsterdam by Nicolas Freeling Pdf

In this classic mystery, a Dutch police detective investigates a woman’s murder with assistance from the man accused of killing her. A woman, Elsa, is brutally murdered in her Amsterdam apartment. Her ex-lover, Martin, is seen outside the building around the time of the crime. The witness who saw him? A policeman. It looks like a straightforward case—but police inspector Van der Valk is not convinced. Despite all the evidence—and the fact that Martin originally denied he was at the apartment—he believes Martin is not guilty of murder. Instead of charging him, Van der Valk takes him on a tour: a tour of the investigation, a tour of Martin’s own past and a tour into the darkly obsessive world of Elsa . . . NOW A LIMITED SERIES ON MASTERPIECE PBS Praise for Nicolas Freeling and Van der Valk “Freeling’s Inspector Van der Valk is less rugged than Rebus, less parsonical than Dalgliesh, more Morse than Frost, and more Maigret than any of them. Marvelous.” —Anita Brookner “[Freeling] has given the detective story new dimensions much as John Le Carré has done for the spy novel.” —Newsweek

Author : Victoria Thompson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780698183759

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Murder on Amsterdam Avenue by Victoria Thompson Pdf

In this mystery From the national bestselling author of Murder on Trinity Place, midwife Sarah Brandt and former police detective Frank Malloy investigate a murder in the secretive, high-society world of nineteenth-century New York City... In the midst of Sarah and Frank’s wedding preparations, Sarah accompanies her mother on a condolence call to the Upper West Side, where Charles Oakes, the son of family friends, has died unexpectedly after suffering from a mysterious disease. But Charles’s father believes his son was poisoned, and would like Sarah and Frank to look into the matter with the utmost discretion. Putting off their own personal affairs, Sarah and Frank soon learn that not everyone wants to know more about Charles’s death, particularly if he was murdered. As they unravel secrets that reach back to the Civil War, they also discover that they are in the company of a very present danger...

Author : Janwillem van de Wetering
Publisher : Soho Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781569478257

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Outsider in Amsterdam by Janwillem van de Wetering Pdf

"[Van de Wetering] is doing what Simenon might have done if Albert Camus had sublet his skull." —John Leonard On a quiet street in downtown Amsterdam, a man is found hanging from the ceiling beam of his bedroom, upstairs from the new religious society he founded: a group that calls itself “Hindist” and supposedly mixes elements of various Eastern traditions. Detective-Adjutant Gripstra and Sergeant de Gier of the Amsterdam police are sent to investigate what looks like a simple suicide, but they are immediately suspicious of the circumstances. This now-classic novel, first published in 1975, introduces Janwillem van de Wetering’s lovable Amsterdam cop duo of portly, wise Gripstra and handsome, contemplative de Gier. With its unvarnished depiction of the legacy of Dutch colonialism and the darker facets of Amsterdam’s free drug culture, this excellent procedural asks the question of whether a murder may ever be justly committed.

Author : Anja de Jager
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472120618

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A Cold Death in Amsterdam by Anja de Jager Pdf

The first Lotte Meerman mystery Amsterdam-based Lotte Meerman is a cold case detective recovering from the emotional devastation of her previous investigation. She is angry and mentally scarred - but being a police officer is the only thing she wants to do. A tip-off leads Lotte to an unresolved ten-year-old murder case in which her father was the lead detective. ANd when she discovers irregularities surrounding the original investigation that make him a suspect, she decides to cover for him. Now she has to find the real murderer before she's discovered, otherwise her father will be arrested and she will lose her job, the one thing in life that is keeping her focused and sane . . . Praise for Anja de Jager 'An absorbing read with the smack of reality' Daily Mail 'The book succeeds as a portrait of both a city and, in its heroine, a delightfully dysfunctional personality' Sunday Express 'Impressive . . . De Jager is as good on dodgy family relations as she is on police procedure' The Times 'Detective Lotte Meerman is damaged by her past and tortured by the dreadful mistake she's made at work . . . Amsterdam is the other star here, beautiful and deadly' Cath Staincliffe

Author : Jennifer S Alderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9083001172

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Death by Windmill by Jennifer S Alderson Pdf

A Mother's Day trip to the Netherlands turns deadly when a guest plummets from a windmill. Was it an accident or a murder? For Lana Hansen, the answer will mean freedom or imprisonment for someone close to her... Wanderlust Tours guide Lana Hansen and her mother, Gillian, haven't seen eye to eye in over a decade, ever since Lana was wrongly fired from her job as an investigative reporter. So when Lana's boss invites Gillian to join her upcoming Mother's Day tour to the Netherlands, Lana is less than pleased. What could be worse than spending ten days with her estranged mother? Lana is about to find out... The tour begins on a high note when the majority of guests bond during their visit to the Keukenhof flower gardens and a cruise around the picturesque canals of Amsterdam. Despite her initial reservations, Lana thinks this might be the best group she had ever led. Until she discovers one of her guests - a recent retiree named Priscilla - is the person who destroyed her career in journalism. All Lana can see is red. But circumstances dictate that she figure out a way to lead the tour, make peace with her mother, and not murder her guest. She doesn't know whether she can handle the pressure. Lana needn't worry. Shortly after their fight, Priscilla falls off the balcony of a historic windmill at Zaanse Schans. Was she pushed or simply careless? The investigating officers suspect murder - and topping their suspect list is Lana's mom! Can Lana save Gillian? Or will her mother end up spending the rest of her days in a Dutch prison?

Author : Ian Buruma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Europe
ISBN : 1843543192

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Murder in Amsterdam by Ian Buruma Pdf

It was the emblematic crime of our moment: on a cold November day in Amsterdam, an angry young Moslem man, Mohammed Bouyeri shot and killed the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker, Theo van Gogh, for making with the vocally anti-Islamic Somali-born Dutch politician, Ayaan Hersi Ali, a movie that 'blasphemed' Islam. After Bouyeri shot van Gogh, he calmly stood over the body and cut his throat with a curved machete, as if performing a ritual sacrifice. The murder horrified quiet, complacent, prosperous Holland, a country that prides itself on being a bastion of tolerance, and sent shockwaves across Europe and around the world. Shortly thereafter, Ian Buruma returned to his native country to try to make sense of it all, and to see what larger meaning should and shouldn't be drawn from this story. The result is Murder in Amsterdam, a masterpiece.

Author : Ian Buruma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1322837597

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Murder in Amsterdam by Ian Buruma Pdf

Author : Anja de Jager
Publisher : Constable
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472120618

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A Cold Death in Amsterdam by Anja de Jager Pdf

Amsterdam-based Lotte Meerman is a cold case detective recovering from the emotional devastation of her previous investigation. She is angry and mentally scarred - but being a police officer is the only thing she wants to do. A tip-off leads Lotte to an unresolved ten-year-old murder case in which her father was the lead detective. When she discovers irregularities surrounding the original investigation that make him a suspect, she decides to cover for him. Now she has to find the real murderer before she's discovered, otherwise her father will be arrested and she will lose her job, the one thing in life that is keeping her focused and sane . . . Praise for Anja de Jager 'An impressive debut . . . de Jager is as good on dodgy family relations as she is on police procedure' The Times 'The book succeeds as a portrait of both a city and, in its heroine, a delightfully dysfunctional personality' Sunday Express 'A novel brilliantly evoking the isolation of a woman with an unbearable weight on her conscience' Sunday Times

Author : A. C. Baantjer
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 189076857X

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Murder in Amsterdam by A. C. Baantjer Pdf

'The two novellas make an irresistible case for the popularity of the Dutch author' - The New York Times Book Review 'DeKok is a careful, compassionate police-man in the tradition of Maigret' - Library Journal A veteran of the Amsterdam Municipal Police Department (Homicide), Baantjer has been hailed in his homeland as the 'Dutch Conan Doyle'. This first translation of these two classic novellas into English is a testament to that reputation.

Author : Ian Buruma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:868526952

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Author : A. C. Baantjer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:820425596

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Murder in Amsterdam by A. C. Baantjer Pdf

Author : A. C. Baantjer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 189076843X

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Murder in Amsterdam by A. C. Baantjer Pdf

An exciting addition to Intrigue's new WorldKrime mystery series, Murder in Amsterdam is two mysteries in one, featuring the intuitive and seasoned Inspector DeKok.DeKok and the Sunday Strangler opens with the strangling death of Fat Sonja, an Amsterdam prostitute of whom DeKok was fond. Soon a second prostitute is killed, and along with his assistant, Vledder, DeKok begins down a trail of twisted motives and hidden agendas.DeKok and the Corpse on Christmas Eve proves that DeKok himself is not above breaking the law to serve the interest of justice, as he engages a burglar to commit a break in and then tampers with evidence to entrap the murderer of a young woman.

Author : Petrus Cornelis Spierenburg
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Murder
ISBN : 9780814209554

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Written in Blood by Petrus Cornelis Spierenburg Pdf

Spierenburg narrates two sensational murdercases among intimates in eighteenth-century Amsterdam. The cases both resulted from fatal attration. The eighteenth century witnessed great cultural changes affecting personal relationships. The new ideal of love demanded that couples spended more time together and explore each other's feelings. For maried coules that might be good, for other couples it might be disaster.

Author : Anja de Jager
Publisher : Constable
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472120656

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A Cold Case in Amsterdam Central by Anja de Jager Pdf

Having been shot in the shoulder in the line of duty, Dutch police detective Lotte Meerman returns to work after four months of painful recovery - yet not all her colleagues are happy to see her. But department politics take a backseat when Lotte is called to investigate a worker's fall from the roof on a building site in the centre of Amsterdam. Frank Stapel's tragic accident becomes suspicious when Tessa, his widow, discovers human bones in her husband's left-luggage locker at Amsterdam Central. To Lotte, this changes the course of her investigation from fatal accident to potential murder. When forensics discover the skeleton dates back to the Second World War, the rest of the team are convinced that Lotte is wasting everybody's time by insisting this somehow ties in with the Frank's death, but then it is discovered that some of the bones are less than a decade old . . . and although vindicated for pursuing the cold case, Lotte finds that the investigation takes a dark and sinister turn, linking an old war crime to events in the much more recent past. Praise for Anja de Jager '. . . a novel brilliantly evoking the isolation of a woman with an unbearable weight on her conscience' Sunday Times 'The book succeeds as a portrait of both a city and, in its heroine, a delightfully dysfunctional personality' Sunday Express