The Perfidious Parrot
Janwillem van de Wetering
ISBN: 9781569471302
Published: July 2003
Pricing
Paperback $14.00
Description
Retired policemen Grijpstra and de Gier are being blackmailed. The threat is a serious one: to set the income tax authority on them. The blackmailers, a wealthy yacht owner and his son, want them to investigate the mysterious hijacking of a supertanker’s entire cargo in the Caribbean. The Amsterdam cops reluctantly agree to take the cas...
Retired policemen Grijpstra and de Gier are being blackmailed. The threat is a serious one: to set the income tax authority on them. The blackmailers, a wealthy yacht owner and his son, want them to investigate the mysterious hijacking of a supertanker’s entire cargo in the Caribbean. The Amsterdam cops reluctantly agree to take the case. Their rendezvous is in Key West, where they are confronted with a murder.
Media
“Two rambling detectives prowl the dark streets and dark side of human nature... in a series of first class crime stories.”
—Bookman News
“Mr. Van de Wetering's policemen are just as likely to ... marvel at human nature as to shoot it down. ”
—The New York Times
“A superb storyteller. ”