Janwillem van de Wetering Books in Order

This memoir follows a young Dutch man's year and a half as a novice in a Japanese Zen monastery. Daily discipline and encounters with teachers shape his search for meaning and his confrontation with unfamiliar spiritual practices.

Continuing his account of Zen practice, Janwillem van de Wetering describes life at Maine's Moon Springs Hermitage. The memoir examines a Western seeker's pursuit of understanding through community experience and the challenges of following the Zen path.

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.

Animal characters introduce young readers to the Buddhist Eightfold Path in this illustrated book. Janwillem van de Wetering presents the eight admonitions through a children's framework, accompanied by Marc Brown's drawings rather than an adult philosophical treatise.

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.

Independent porcupine Hugh Pine wants to avoid being flattened by passing cars. He decides to imitate humans by walking upright and wearing a floppy red hat, creating an unusual response to the dangers facing his kind.

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.

An ordinary advertising executive struggles to confront the childhood experiences that continue to trouble him. This illustrated Buddhist allegory follows his attempt to free himself from those inner demons, turning personal distress into a philosophical tale.

Eddy Sachs damages a Rembrandt painting in postwar Hamburg, unaware that it contains a clue to hidden Nazi treasure. His varied occupations and restless travels become entangled with the search for the wartime fortune it may reveal.

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.

These stories follow a Japanese inspector whose philosophical detachment shapes his unconventional investigations. Saito uses psychological insight and elaborate tricks to expose wrongdoing, with cases ranging from confrontations with motorcycle criminals to a missing sacred stick.

Weary of neighbors bringing him their problems, porcupine Hugh Pine seeks peace on a tiny island in Sorry Bay. His retreat offers solitude, but raises questions about what makes a place truly right for him.

A notorious oil tycoon is murdered while planning a refinery in Maine's wilderness. This graphic mystery follows the investigation among local eccentrics and people resisting development, using surreal imagery to complicate an already crowded field of suspects.

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.

Mr. Sobryne leaves a fortune to his three sons and his mistress, along with instructions about its use. The beneficiaries' schemes send them chasing money around the world as complications undermine their expectations of easy wealth.

Porcupine Hugh Pine accompanies Mr. McTosh to New York in search of something different from everyday life. Meeting household pets afraid of a neighborhood bulldog gives him a new problem to tackle during his vacation.

This biography examines the life and work of Robert van Gulik, the Dutch scholar and creator of Judge Dee mysteries. It explores his engagement with Buddhism, translations of Chinese texts, and development of his detective fiction.

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.

The final volume of Janwillem van de Wetering's Zen memoirs combines autobiographical encounters with unconventional responses to traditional koans. Reflections on teachers, fellow seekers, and philosophical questions continue his examination of spiritual practice and personal understanding.

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.

Patricia Craig’s international detective-story anthology spans classic and modern crime fiction from Britain, the United States, Europe, Japan, and beyond. The selection includes police procedurals, amateur sleuths, women detectives, and locked-room puzzles, with a story by Garry Disher.