PERFIDIOUS PARROT, THE - Softcover

Van De Wetering, Janwillem

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569471304 ISBN 13: 9781569471302

Publisher: SOHO PRESS, 2001

Synopsis

A Grijpstra & De Gier Mystery Grijpstra and De Gier are being blackmailed. A wealthy yacht owner and his son want the retired policemen to investigate the hijacking in the Caribbean of an entire cargo of oil from a supertanker and are threatening to reveal information they have on them to the tax authorities. Their rendezvous is Key West where, amongst other things, they are confronted by a murder. ""One of the masters of the mystery form."" - Los Angeles Times

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Praise for The Perfidious Parrot

"One of their most exotic adventure to date . . . A shamelessly materialistic good time is had by all."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Sit back and revel in the pleasures of van de Wetering's original take on everything from police corruption to the U.S. Military's role in international oil piracy."
--Chicago Tribune

"Entertaining."
--Washington Post Book World

"For lovers of the Amsterdam Cops, this is an especially exotic treat; for newcomers it will be a sparkling and more than usually offbeat introduction."
--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"A worthwhile and spiritually side-splitting experience."
--Maine Times

"What the author has pulled off here is significant: He's managed to write a noir thriller animated by a genuine (if cynical) sense of humor."
--Islands Magazine

About the Author:

Janwillem van de Wetering (1931-2008) was born and raised in Rotterdam, but lived most recently in Surry, Maine. He served as a member of the Amsterdam Special Constabulary and was once a Zen Buddhist monk. He is renowned for his detective fiction, including Outsider in Amsterdam; The Corpse on the Dike; Death of a Hawker; The Maine Massacre, which garnered him the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière; and ten other books in the Amsterdam Cops series.

About this edition

• Publisher: SOHO PRESS
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1569471304
• ISBN 13: 9781569471302
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280