A terrific story with unique characters and a long part with the boss of our two detectives, the commaris, an enigma himself ( )

a black pimp is killed in Amsterdam with suggestion of black magic. Crime committed by a local policeman to protect female officer from pimp's hypnotic power

A very quirky mystery where a Surinamer pimp lord in the red light district is found shot. The murder brigade is brought in and they do eventually solve the case but perhaps without seeing justice done. I wonder what this says about the author and his idea of justice and crime. Still very enjoyable with interesting characters. ( )

As anyone who has tried this series before will know,these are far from straightforward crime stories. The author is an exponent of Zen,and it shows.'The Amsterdam Cops' to use the most usual series name features Adjutant Grijpstra and Sergeant de Gier. My own favourite character in this and in many of the other books is the Commissaris or chief of detectives.
The crime here is the shooting of a top drug dealer who also runs a number of prostitutes.
Although far from his best,this one contains some thought-provoking moments. ( )

A funny, sad and exciting mystery with twists and turns that keeps the reader reading. I enjoyed this book because it is very good with lots of great characters, and because it isn't afraid to touch on the subjects of racism and sexism in Amsterdam. ( )