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A.C. Baantjer DeKok and the dead lovers
Inspector DeKok and his partner Vledder are ordered to protect the eccentric Manfred Nettelhorst’s art treasures, exhibited during a special showing in Amsterdam. But before the exhibition has come to a close, the two detectives are called away to a nearby apartment building to investigate the murder of a man handcuffed to a radiator, shot execution style. That same night, an exquisite silver ewer is stolen from the exhibition. Following the trail, DeKok stumbles across an invisible line between...
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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A.C. Baantjer DeKok and murder by installment
Although at first it seemed to be a case for the narcotics division, this latest crime soon evolves into a series of sinister murders, which seem almost impossible to solve. Never before have inspectors DeKok and Vledder been so involved in a case where murder, drug smuggling, and child prostitution are almost daily occurrences. Blackmail enters the picture, and meanwhile bodies continue to be found. In the past even a single murder used to dominate the front pages of the newspapers for weeks, but...
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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A.C. Baantjer DeKok and Variations on Murder
As has been her habit since the death of her husband, Mrs. Van Haesbergen does nightly rounds in the large office building where she resides. Her husband had been the building superintendent, and an apartment on the top floor came with the job. One night she encounters the managing director in the boardroom, sitting in his chair at the head of the table. She hastily walks up to him, and to her horror, she finds him dead. She rushes up to her apartment to call someone, but who? Deciding it better...
Engels | ePub2, 5,8 MB | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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A.C. Baantjer DeKok and the mask of death
Women are checking in to Slotervaart Hospital, but not checking out. According to hospital files, they were never even there. Inspectors DeKok and Vledder are called upon to investigate this alarming disappearing act. Eerily, the people closest to these vanishing women all comment on a change in their faces: they have become listless, fatigued, and seemingly wear a ‘mask of death’. All indications point to foul play, but the bodies have yet to turn up. DeKok is stumped as to how these women are...
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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A.C. Baantjer DeKok and murder on Blood Mountain
At the request of the Belgian police, Inspectors DeKok and Vledder attend the funeral of a murder victim. The body was fished out of Antwerp’s Scheldt River, but brought back to Amsterdam to be laid to rest there. During the service DeKok spies the face of a man long known to be dead. Further bodies are discovered, apparently they too were poisoned and dumped in the river. DeKok is forced to venture from his beloved Amsterdam and travel to Bloedberg (“Blood Mountain”), a notorious neighborhood in...
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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A.C. Baantjer DeKok and the death of a clown
Without the slightest trace, an antique jewel collection disappears from a house along one of the great canals in Amsterdam. Inspector DeKok feels compelled to help the victim of the theft, unknowingly signing up for a homicide case, as well. Soon after commencing his investigation into the robbery, DeKok and his partner Vledder are called to the foot of The Criers’ Tower. A clown lies dead along the canal with a large, shining knife protruding from his back, creating a blossom of blood around the...
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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A.C. Baantjer DeKok and the geese of death
DeKok takes on Igor Stablinsky, a man accused of bludgeoning a wealthy old man and his wife. To DeKok’s unfailing eye the killing urge is visibly present in the suspect during questioning, but did he commit this particular crime? All signs point to one of the few remaining grand estates in Holland. The answer lies within a strange family, suspicions of incest, deadly geese, and a horrifying mansion. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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A.C. Baantjer DeKok and the dead harlequin
Inspector DeKok is faced with a grotesque double murder in a well-known Amsterdam hotel. He finds the murder victims looking like macabre wooden harlequins. Inspector DeKok must unravel clues from two unexpected characters: a six-year-old girl who has trouble sleeping, and a respected accountant who seeks DeKok’s advice on committing the perfect crime. But when DeKok meets with the murderer, he tries everything possible to prevent the man from giving himself up to the police… Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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A.C. Baantjer DeKok and the somber nude
A beautiful, free-spirited young woman has gone missing, and those closest to her fear for her life. Inspector DeKok is soon called upon to find out her whereabouts. It quickly becomes clear that this Nanette may have harbored a dark side, one that embraced blackmail, emotional cruelty, and a wicked selfishness. The more DeKok learns of the beguiling Nanette, the more he feels that he is on the trail of a dead woman. DeKok’s suspicions are confirmed with a phone call: the dismembered body of a...
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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Michael Berg Nightmare in Paris
Chantal Zwart is a freelance journalist living in the beautiful city of Paris. Her life is turned upside down when she receives a phone call from Naomi in the middle of the night. Naomi went home with an attractive French man, who died of a heart attack that same night. She panicked and fled, leaving the man for dead. Chantal soon finds out that the man was a famous politician and that this will be major news. This is her big chance for a scoop, handed to her on a silver platter. She tracks down...
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Engels | ePub2 | The House of Books, Amsterdam | 2021
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Catherine Steadman De verdwijning
Actrice Mia Eliot is vanuit Londen naar LA gekomen om auditie te doen – haar kans om definitief door te breken. Ze voelt zich een buitenbeentje in de stad vol beroemde filmsterren en meedogenloze competitie, tot ze Emily ontmoet. Ook zij is actrice, maar ze is vriendelijk en oprecht en Mia kan het onmiddellijk goed met haar vinden. Maar dan verdwijnt Emily plotseling en Mia blijkt de laatste persoon te zijn die haar heeft gezien. Er duikt een vrouw op die beweert dat ze Emily is, maar Mia weet meteen...
Fictie | Psychologische roman | Thriller
Engels | 291 pagina's (ePub2, 2,1 MB) | Xander, Haarlem | 2021
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Caroline Corcoran What Happened on Floor 34?
‘Caroline Corcoran’s workplace thriller has more twists than a forkful of spaghetti!’ – FabulousHer dream job just became her worst nightmare…My name is Rose, and I work for one of the country’s biggest newspapers. I was the Day Editor. Will Frost was the Night Editor.When I got to the office, Will had already left. When I left, Will arrived. We were two sides of the same coin.Last week, Will disappeared from floor 34 without a trace. Now I am the Night Editor.And I have a feeling...
Engels | ePub3, 1,5 MB | Avon, [Nederland] | 2023
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Joanne Carlton Dust
Here we are then, at the end of it all ... Simon James is just a regular guy living a normal life. Until August 4th, when the dust poisons the world. Three weeks and millions of deaths later, the end is near and there are no miracles left, except for one. A miracle that needs Simon James. On the final day, the former husband and father faces the ultimate dilemma. Should he attempt to survive in a dead world to prevent mankind's extinction? Or should his life end today, like everyone else's? Simon...
Fictie
Engels | 248 pagina's (ePub2, 1 MB) | Hamley Books, Sint-Amands | 2019
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Linda Jansma Haunted
From the Dutch award-winning author, Linda Jansma, comes a thriller that goes from heartbreaking to heart stopping in the blink of an eye. Haunted Sixteen years ago, something terrible happened to Janine- so terrible she never told anyone. Now she is a successful business woman and owner of a famous dance club in Amsterdam. With a wonderful husband and lovely daughter Janine seems to have it all, until in one life-shattering moment the love of her life is murdered in cold blood. Completely devastated...
Fictie
Engels | 350 pagina's (ePub2) | Going Dutch, an imprint of De Crime Compagnie, Laren nh | 2018
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Xandra Lammers The woman who vanished
“When a woman enters a forest alone, there is always someone who sees her …” Lisa Small, the mother of Chloe, is married to Henry, university researcher working on his dissertation entitled “The Growth of a Cucumber Without Light.” Following a marital fight, she leaves their home, not knowing whether she will ever return. After driving around for some time, she ends up in a hotel near a river, where she books a room. That night she dines with Gerald, who she has met in the hotel restaurant. Gerald...
Fictie
Engels | 105 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Boekenbent, Barneveld | 2016
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Patricia Snel The expat
Dutch expat Julia de Rijck uses husband Paul's telescope to spy on Dave across the pool in their luxury Singapore condominium. Despite their mutual attraction there is something about the man that makes Julia uneasy. When Dave's maid, Angelica, dies in suspicious circumstances, Julia gets pulled into a world of secrets and discovers a less visible Singapore of exploitation and prostitution. The Expat is a gripping story of greed, love, infidelity and crime in Singapore. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Fictie
Engels | 223 pagina's (ePub2, 1 MB) | The House of Books, Amsterdam | 2015
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Penny Hancock The Choice
An Emotional and Thought-provoking Story About Love and Guilt
For fans of Jodi Picoult and If Only I Could Tell You, Penny Hancock''s The Choice is an engrossing, thought-provoking novel about family secrets and the way that even the smallest decisions can sometimes have far-reaching consequences.‘Emotional and thought-provoking’ – Jenny Quintana, author of The Hiding PlaceAn estranged daughter.Renee Gulliver appears to have it all: a beautiful house overlooking a scenic estuary on England’s East Coast, a successful career as a relationship therapist,...
Engels | ePub3, 0,7 MB | Mantle, [Nederland] | 2022
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Camilla Lackberg Sweet Revenge
Two gripping novellas from the No.1 international bestselling authorWomen Without MercyIngrid gave up her career to support her husband. Now he’s having an affair.Birgitta is avoiding the doctor. No one can see the bruises her husband leaves.Victoria left Russia to marry a man she met online. But he is nothing like she imagined.Maybe the only way out is to commit three perfect murders…Truth or DareBest friends Liv, Martina, Max and Anton are spending New Year’s Eve together.But each...
Engels | ePub3, 0,7 MB | HarperCollins, [Nederland] | 2022
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Joanna Nadin The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings
This Year's Escapist Sensation
Unflinching, unforgettable . . . a step up for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid'' - The Bookseller''Totally absorbing and evocative'' - Kate Riordan, bestselling author of Summer FeverWhat happens when truth and lies collide? The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings is an intoxicating mystery across past and present from Joanna Nadin.1988, Cornwall. At seventeen, Jason wants much more from life than working in his father''s pub. So when twin sisters Daisy and Bea, and their small circle of friends, arrive for...
Engels | ePub3, 1 MB | Mantle, [Nederland] | 2022
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Ellery Lloyd The Club
A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and Instant New York Times Bestseller''Marple meets Succession'' – Sunday Times''If rich terrible people behaving appallingly is your jam then The Club is the book for you!'' – Marian KeyesThere’s no place like Home . . .The Home Group is a collection of ultra-exclusive private members'' clubs and a global phenomenon, and the opening of its most ambitious project yet – Island Home, a forgotten island transformed into the height of luxury – is billed...
Engels | ePub3, 0,8 MB | Mantle, [Nederland] | 2022
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