• Rob Bakker The Plot of Europe

  Amsterdam, during the Euro Summit, the German Chancellor stays in the best-guarded suite of the city's best-guarded hotel. Yet one morning he is found dead in bed: murdered... . While mutually antagonistic German and Dutch authorities feverishly pour themselves into the case, a plot unfolds that betrays unparalleled and very well thought-out planning. The political thriller Het Complot Tegen Nederland is the story of a successful attack and its (euro)political consequences. The Conspiracy Against...

  Engels | 252 pagina's (ePub2, 1,9 MB) | Nobel Boeken, Baarn | 2024

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• Koen van Zon | Matthew Broad | Aleksandra Komornicka | Paul Reef | Alessandra Schimmel | Jorrit Steehouder The Unfinished History of European Integration

  Revised Edition

  The Unfinished History of European Integration is a companion to the history of the European Union. From the aftermath of the First World War to the EU of 27 member states and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it guides the reader past the main events, crucial sites and key actors that shaped the EU we know today. How did it evolve from a market project to a geopolitical force, what explains the expansion of its membership, institutions, policies and the resistance to this growth, and why does it function...

  Engels | 288 pagina's (ePub2, 3 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2024

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• Peter Römer DeKok and the kiss of death

  Rechercheur DeKok onderzoekt de moord op een geliefde Amsterdamse, wiens man banden met de onderwereld blijkt te onderhouden.

  Fictie

  Engels | 120 pagina's (ePub2, 5,6 MB) | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2024

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• Xandra Lammers Snowflakes

  With her departure for a house-sitting home in the far north, Julia hopes her life will take a new turn away from her old existence. Right after she arrives at the snowy white house, in a suburb of the town, the neighbour makes a loud noise. The residents of the house-sitting home soon leave for the south. In a cupboard, Julia finds newspaper articles that tell of a tragedy that happened in the nearby hotel, a mystery she wants to unravel. In the neighbourhood's only shop, she meets Eileen, who,...

  Engels | 125 pagina's (ePub2, 1,9 MB) | Publisher Boekenbent, [Barneveld] | 2024

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• The Dutch Sherlock

  Forty Years of Detective Work by the Famous Dutch Forensic Pioneer Co van Ledden Hulsebosch

  In the beginning of the 20th century, inspired by the Sherlock Holmes novels of Arthur Conan Doyle, scientists began to make their appearance at the crime scene. It was quickly discovered that studying the ‘silent witnesses’, crime-related physical evidence and traces, could provide a wealth of information. In many countries pioneers started to shape this new science area by formulating key principles and introducing novel methods and instrumentation. In the Netherlands, Co van Ledden Hulsebosch...

  Engels | 368 pagina's (ePub2) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2024

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• Rabid

  Een jonge vrouw die ernstig verminkt is geneest wonderbaarlijk door een experimentele stamceltherapie, maar de gevolgen zijn gruwelijk.

  Fictie

  Film

• Lisa Scottoline Someone knows

  Een in het bos gevonden pistool brengt vier tieners op het idee om een grap uit te halen en ze overtuigen een nieuwe scholier ervan om als ontgroeningsritueel Russisch roulette te gaan spelen.

  Fictie

  Engels | 387 pagina's | Headline, London | 2019

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• Kidnapping Freddy Heineken

  Het verhaal van de planning, uitvoering en nasleep van de ontvoering van biermagnaat Freddy Heineken in 1983.

  Fictie

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• Jennifer Kent The Babadook

  Een alleenstaande moeder heeft veel te stellen met haar zoontje dat een grote angst voor monsters heeft. De angst slaat ook bij haarzelf toe na het bekijken van een sinister voorleesboek.

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• Ewout Storm van Leeuwen Temple of Zong? Never heard of.

  novel

  Indochina, 1951. Tonkin and northern Annam have been liberated by the Vietminh. In the south, the French are fighting a vicious battle to keep the corrupt regime in Saigon in power. We meet him in Nha Trang, an Annamese port town where he debarked from a French ocean liner in search of a monastery that a dream said had to be somewhere in the mountains of Annam. It was not the only reason for his quest: he had inherited a chest with unusual contents a small skeleton. Accompanying the chest was a manuscript...

  Engels | 188 pagina's (PDF, 0,8 MB) | [Artscience], [Amsterdam] | 2023

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• Vivian Helena Murdered in cold blood

  To get away from her troublesome ex-boyfriend for a while, Kate decides to supervise a ski camp for children at the Les Portes du Soleil ski resort. Before the children have even arrived, the camp is overshadowed by a murder. When another death occurs a day later, the camp is stopped. Kate no longer knows who she can trust. Especially for her roommate Tristan, she has extremely conflicting feelings for. Fear and attraction are dangerously close to each other while a heavy snowstorm rages outside....

  Engels | 203 pagina's (ePub2, 0,7 MB) | Zors Books, [Edegem] | 2023

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• Peter Römer DeKok and the lost child

  Rechercheur DeKok wordt geconfronteerd met twee moordzaken. Hij vermoedt dat het gaat om een oude vete in de onderwereld.

  Fictie

  Engels | ePub2, 5,7 MB | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• .. 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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