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The House of Dolls

The House of Dolls

Author(s): David Hewson

Genre(s): Crime

Era(s): Modern

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Anneliese Vos, sixteen-year-old daughter of Amsterdam detective, Pieter Vos, disappeared three years ago in mysterious circumstances. Her distraught father’s desperate search reveals nothing and results in his departure from the police force.

Pieter now lives in a broken down houseboat in the colourful Amsterdam neighbourhood of the Jordaan. One day, while Vos is wasting time at the Rijksmuseum staring at a doll’s house that seems to be connected in some way to the case, Laura Bakker, a misfit trainee detective from the provinces, visits him. She’s come to tell him that Katja Prins, daughter of an important local politician, has gone missing in circumstances similar to Anneliese.

In the company of the intriguing and awkward Bakker Vos finds himself drawn back into the life of a detective. A life which he thought he had left behind. Hoping against hope that somewhere will lay a clue to the fate of Anneliese, the daughter he blames himself for losing . . .

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Love Amsterdam? Love crime? Both come together brilliantly in this book by David Hewson. Perfect way to get to know the city as a tourist and through the eyes of a detective.

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Author: tripfiction

A real gripping journey of crime detection through the streets of Amsterdam

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