Eurocrime series

This tightly plotted, extremely well written novel is an acute study of the shifting nature of identity and reality, as well as an engrossing mystery story with a shocking twist.

Bloemendaal aan Zee was a pleasant, slightly featureless seaside town. Modern buildings, high incomes, little crime. So why did the Amsterdam police, of all people, develop an interest in in? What interested Van der Valk was a teenage gang. At first it was a case of robbery and rape; but things took a more sinister turn, and Van der Valk began to suspect a vicious and corrupting purpose at work. As well, of course, as the cats...