Because of the Cats (Inspector Van Der Valk Mystery) - Softcover

Freeling, Nicolas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933397489 ISBN 13: 9781933397481

Publisher: Felony & Mayhem, 2006

Synopsis

Bloemendaal aan Zee, that smugly prosperous little seaside town, has more television sets per capita than anywhere else in Holland. Even its drunks are polite, its houses uniformly tidy and sparkling clean. But there's something very wrong with the kids. The most popular teenagers have formed a gang that is preying, with increasing viciousness, on nearby Amsterdam, Inspector Van der Valk's patch. Van der Valk has no love for chilly, yuppified Bloemendaal. But his curiosity is as voracious as his appetite for good food. And while his colleagues just want the attacks stopped, Van der Valk can't help asking what it is about the town that has turned Bloemendaal's children into monsters.

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Review

"Van der Valk remains the most subtle, complex and interesting of fictional detectives." - Sunday Times"I am delighted to find Because of the Cats - one of my favourites - in print again." P.D. James

About the Author

Nicolas Freeeling was born in London in 1927. After serving in the military and working as a hotel and restaurant cook throughout Europe, Mr. Freeling began his first novel, Love in Amsterdam, while serving a sentence of three weeks in jail for stealing food. Mr. Freeling's novel King of the Rainy Country received the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Among his other literary awards are the Gold Dagger from the British Crime Writers Association, and France's Grand Prix de Roman Policier.

Edition details

• Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933397489
• ISBN 13: 9781933397481
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228