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  • Van Der Valk - Love in Amsterdam

  • A Novel
  • By: Nicolas Freeling
  • Narrated by: Sam Devereaux
  • Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
  • 2.8 out of 5 stars (13 ratings)

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Van Der Valk - Love in Amsterdam

By: Nicolas Freeling
Narrated by: Sam Devereaux
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International best seller

Now a limited series on Masterpiece PBS

Meet Van Der Valk, Amsterdam’s best detective, in Nicolas Freeling’s classic novel.

A woman, Elsa, is brutally murdered in her Amsterdam apartment. Her ex-lover, Martin, is seen outside the building around the time of the crime. The witness who saw him? A policeman.

It looks like a straightforward case - but Police Inspector Van der Valk is not convinced. Despite all the evidence - and the fact that Martin originally denied he was at the apartment - he believes Martin is not guilty of murder. Instead of charging him, Van der Valk takes him on a tour: a tour of the investigation, a tour of Martin’s own past, and a tour into the darkly obsessive world of Elsa....

©1968 Nicolas Freeling (P)2021 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
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I ordered this book because I had watched the PBS series, which I really enjoyed. You can tell the book was written many, many years ago. I considered returning it, but decided to continue until the end to find out who murdered Elsa. Not a very exciting story and it revolved more around the suspect instead of Van Der Valk. I can not recommend the book because it is so dated. Some people may enjoy revisiting a much simpler time though.

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This is a very boring listen. The writing style and dialogue are stilted and awkward, perhaps due to the translation. At the same time, the narrator overcompensates with his character portrayals. I was not at all invested in learning the murderer.

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