![]() The dead body of a woman is discovered in one of Amsterdam’s canals. Looking at the author’s first English publication, Murder in Amsterdam, we find a serial killer is murdering prostitutes in the Red Light District of Amsterdam. ![]() His volumes have similarly been translated into French, Spanish, Russian, Estonian and Korean. There are around 23 of the 60 published A.C. The name of the protagonist, DeKok, basically means “cook” in Dutch.īaantjer’s works of fiction have made their way into the English language via the publishing house Speck Press where the De Cock’s name was initially translated as DeKok. ![]() He is predominantly famous for his great series of detective novels orbiting around police inspector DeKok and sergeant Vledder, his side kick. Baantjer lived in Medemblik during his writing years. The author was born on the 16th day of September 1923 in Urk, Netherlands and died on the 29th day of August 2010 at the age of 86 years. Albert Cornelis Baantjer is the author of an enormous number of novels, 70 of which are a portion of the Inspector DeKok series. He was most notably knighted by the Dutch monarchy. ![]() ![]() The famous author was also a detective inspector of the Amsterdam police, thus many of the fictional characters depicted in his books stem from a reflection of the complexity and personality of persons he came across during his long career spanning an incredible 38 years in law enforcement. Baantjer is among the most broadly read authors in the Netherlands. ![]()
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