Amsterdam Cops Mysteries Books in Order

Piet Verboom is found hanging in the restaurant commune he runs on a quiet Amsterdam street. Grijpstra and de Gier investigate the apparent suicide, testing whether the circumstances conceal a crime among the community's unusual residents.

Maria van Buren is found stabbed aboard her Amsterdam houseboat, but her wealthy clients have convincing alibis. Grijpstra and de Gier follow leads involving alleged black magic and journeys beyond the city in search of her killer.

A recluse is shot while standing at his bedroom window, and a neighboring schoolteacher admits finding his body without reporting it. Grijpstra and de Gier investigate whether her skill with a pistol makes her a murderer.

During unrest in Amsterdam's market district, a prominent hawker is killed inside his home. Police stationed outside noticed nothing unusual, leaving Grijpstra and de Gier to examine the conflicting possibilities presented by his sister and roommate.

An Amsterdam waitress reports her Japanese art-dealer boyfriend missing, prompting a search that ends with a corpse. The investigation draws the detectives toward stolen art and drug trafficking, with leads extending from the Netherlands to Japan.

While investigating poisoned pets, Grijpstra and de Gier encounter the death of a wealthy woman whose body lies in her garden. Her connection to a former lover known as the Baboon becomes part of their inquiries.

A family death brings Amsterdam's commissaris and de Gier to a secluded Maine town. A pattern of suspicious deaths and questionable property transactions turns the visit into an investigation with numerous suspects and an elusive killer.

Grijpstra and de Gier suspect Mr. Fortune of killing his missing wife, but cannot locate her body. Finding an unidentified man in a stolen Mercedes leaves them investigating both a missing corpse and an unexplained death.

A widely hated pimp is murdered in Amsterdam's red-light district, where de Gier notices an unexpected vulture. Grijpstra, de Gier, and the commissaris investigate the killing, probing the neighborhood and the people connected to the victim.

A livestock dealer's partly burned corpse is found in a boat in Amsterdam harbor, far from his Frisian village. Grijpstra and de Gier investigate why the unpopular man traveled there and who wanted him dead.

Three addicts find a dead banker during a burglary and later die themselves. The commissaris suspects a connection to financial wrongdoing, but investigating the deaths brings his team into conflict with corruption inside the police force.

Grijpstra and de Gier investigate unusual crimes in this collection of Amsterdam detective stories. Their cases include a death involving a chocolate Easter bunny and a villain whose actions threaten de Gier's much-loved Siamese cat.

Retired detective Grijpstra receives a desperate call from de Gier, who fears he killed his girlfriend during a drunken blackout. Traveling to Maine, Grijpstra investigates blackmail claims and the puzzling absence of a body there.

An Amsterdam volunteer officer fears his uncle was murdered after a body is discovered in New York's Central Park. Attending a police convention there, the commissaris agrees to investigate and brings de Gier into the case.

A wealthy yacht owner and his son blackmail retired detectives Grijpstra and de Gier into investigating a supertanker's stolen cargo. Their journey to Key West becomes more complicated when the maritime mystery also involves a murder.

This collection gathers short fiction featuring Grijpstra, de Gier, their commissaris, and fellow Amsterdam police officers. Unusual crimes and practical constraints on punishment test their efforts to identify wrongdoing and see justice done in the city.