Nicolas Freeling Pořadí knih

The first novel in the acclaimed VAN DER VALK series - now a major new ITV series starring Marc Warren 'Masterful' SUNDAY TIMES 'Freeling's Inspector Van der Valk is less rugged than Rebus, less parsonical than Dalgliesh, more Morse than Frost, and more Maigret than any of them. Marvellous' - Anita Brookner 'Freeling is a joy to read' TLS 'You're in for a treat' COSMOPOLITAN A woman, Elsa, is brutally murdered in her Amsterdam apartment. Her ex-lover, Martin, is seen outside the building around the time of the crime. The witness who saw him? A policeman. It looks like a straightforward case - but police inspector Van der Valk is not convinced. Despite all the evidence - and the fact that Martin originally denied he was at the apartment - he believes Martin is not guilty of murder. Instead of charging him, Van der Valk takes him on a tour: a tour of the investigation; a tour of Martin's own past; and a tour into the darkly obsessive world of Elsa...

Suite à une lettre à peine anonyme d'un respectable banquier, l'inspecteur Van der Valk, de la police d'Amsterdam, enquête sur la mort suspecte d'un peintre minable et authentique maître chanteur. L'accusé ? Un non moins respectable neurologue, avec lequel il va entreprendre un étonnant dialogue... Curieux, patient, obstiné, Van der Valk a pu être comparé à un Maigret hollandais, mais un Maigret mâtiné de Philip Marlowe pour sa décontraction et son humour parfois sarcastique.

Her background was impeccably aristocratic, but like many rich, neglected wives, Madame Lecat pursued a variety of diversions, from cocaine to young men. Now the Madame is dead, and Henri Castang is about to reveal some startling things about how the rich live and die.