After the Silence
Introducing Inspector Jaap Rykel in a crime debut that does for Amsterdam what Rankin did for Edinburgh A murdered policeman, a dead businessman hanging from a hook, a building burnt to the ground in an arson attack and a missing girl - identity unknown. It's up to damaged, world-weary...
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Introducing Inspector Jaap Rykel in a crime debut that does for Amsterdam what Rankin did for Edinburgh
A murdered policeman, a dead businessman hanging from a hook, a building burnt to the ground in an arson attack and a missing girl - identity unknown.
It's up to damaged, world-weary Inspector Jaap Rykel of Amsterdam's finest to piece it all together. Alongside him he's got an inexperienced female detective wrestling with the ghosts of her past, and a Sergeant with a drugs habit. And then there's the internal affairs investigation . . .
A rich cast of characters, a sinewy, complex plot and a starring role for Amsterdam are the highlights of this brilliant debut police procedural.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781405914291 (1405914297)
Publish date: 2014
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Pages no: 456
Edition language: English
Series: Amsterdam Quartet (#1)
18/7 - I'm not sure about this one, it's not working very well for me. The writing is clunky and a bit clumsy, with some incorrectly capitalised words. If I didn't know better I'd think this had been translated from Dutch and some of the meanings had been lost in translation, but there is no mention...