Name: Outsider in Amsterdam

Author: Janwillem van de Wetering
Year: 1975
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Mystery

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9781616953003
9781569470176
1616953004
1569470170		 On a quiet street in downtown Amsterdam, the founder of a new religious society/commune-a group that calls itself "Hindist" and mixes elements of various "Eastern" traditions-is found hanging from a ceiling beam. Detective-Adjutant Gripstra and Sergeant de Gier of the Amsterdam police are sent to investigate what looks like a simple suicide, but they are immediately suspicious of the circumstances. 
 
This now-classic novel, first published in 1975, introduces Janwillem van de Wetering's lovable Amsterdam cop duo of portly, worldly-wise Gripstra and handsome, contemplative de Gier. With its unvarnished depiction of the legacy of Dutch colonialism and the darker facets of Amsterdam's free drug culture, this excellent procedural asks the question of whether a murder may ever be justly committed.
This book is part of the "Amsterdam Cops Mysteries" series. Here are some other books from this series:
"Amsterdam Cops"
First published in 1999
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"The Perfidious Parrot"
First published in 1997
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"The Hollow-Eyed Angel"
First published in 1996
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"Just a Corpse at Twilight"
First published in 1994
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"Hard Rain"
First published in 1985
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"The Rattle-Rat"
First published in 1984
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"The Streetbird"
First published in 1983
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"The Mind-Murders"
First published in 1980
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"The Blond Baboon"
First published in 1978
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"The Maine Massacre"
First published in 1978
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"The Japanese Corpse"
First published in 1977
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"Death of a Hawker"
First published in 1977
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"The Corpse on the Dike"
First published in 1976
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"Tumbleweed"
First published in 1975
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Amsterdam Cops by Janwillem van de Wetering
Hard Rain by Janwillem van de Wetering
The Mind-Murders by Janwillem van de Wetering
The Corpse on the Dike by Janwillem van de Wetering
The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan
Love in Amsterdam by Nicolas Freeling
The Lizard in the Cup by Peter Dickinson
Death Has Deep Roots by Michael Gilbert
Untimely Death by Cyril Hare
The Affair of the Bloodstained Egg Cosy by James Anderson
Just a Corpse at Twilight by Janwillem van de Wetering
All the Flowers Are Dying by Lawrence Block
Done for a Dime by David Corbett
The Japanese Corpse by Janwillem van de Wetering
The Long Farewell by Michael Innes
No Laughing Matter by Dorothy Simpson
The Hollow-Eyed Angel by Janwillem van de Wetering
The Streetbird by Janwillem van de Wetering
The Perfidious Parrot by Janwillem van de Wetering
The Maine Massacre by Janwillem van de Wetering


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