Tsing Boum

by Nicolas Freeling

Published 26 August 1971

Over the High Side

by Nicolas Freeling

Published 13 December 1973


The Widow, The

by Nicolas Freeling

Published 30 June 2001

Sand Castles

by Nicolas Freeling

Published 1 November 1989

Gun Before Butter

by Nicolas Freeling

Published 25 January 1973

Criminal Conversation

by Nicolas Freeling

Published 30 June 2001
Van der Valk is on the case again as a mysterious letter is unearthed alluding to the murder of a man named Cabestan. In the letter, the murderer is named but van der Valk must find out first who this mysterious letter-writer is. What transpires is a tale of deception and adultery as the rich Carl Merckel, the managing director of the Lutz Brothers merchant bank, lays an accusation of cold blooded homicide of which, he claims, his wife had no part to play.

A true master of popular crime fiction and creator of the ever-popular Inspector van der Valk and Henri Castang, Nicolas Freeling has written more than thirty books and has an innate empathy with France and its culture. Born in London in 1927, Freeling has lived much of his life in Europe, notably the Vosges hills and Strasbourg. An astute, gritty writer of European flavour, his novels reflect all that is great about crime fiction.