The Sergeant's Cat
Janwillem van de Wetering
ISBN: 9781616956981
Published: September, 1999
Pricing
Paperback $15.95
Description
A collection of 13 short stories spanning two decades in the lives of van de Wetering's Amsterdam Cops
Amsterdam isn’t exactly a hotbed of violent crime, but wrongdoing does occur, and the most bizarre cases tend to be passed to Grijpstra and de Gier. In one they investigate the death of a handsome oceanographer who...
A collection of 13 short stories spanning two decades in the lives of van de Wetering’s Amsterdam Cops
Amsterdam isn’t exactly a hotbed of violent crime, but wrongdoing does occur, and the most bizarre cases tend to be passed to Grijpstra and de Gier. In one they investigate the death of a handsome oceanographer whose corpse is found amidst his tanks of shiny living mussels. In another they strong-arm a brutal crime lord whose henchman threatens the sergeant’s cat. Yet another leads them to uncover a most unusual murder weapon: a chocolate Easter bunny.
With the curious blend of wit and the macabre readers have come to expect from the pen of Janwillem van de Wetering, the Amsterdam Cops have a way of seeing to it that justice, ultimately, is done.
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. ”
—Chicago Tribune
“A superlative mystery writer. ”
—Time
“What makes this series so engaging is that the policemen are as quirky and complicated as the criminals. ”