Arlette had made mayonnaise. She had hake, a lettuce salad, an early cucumber, spring onions, raw grated carrots, the famous tasteless Dutch tomatoes. They had a glass of white wine waiting for the boys, and he told her about the painter. She only said two things. One was, ‘Poor Janine. She’ll get over it. Do her good, maybe. Shall I invite them to dinner?’
The other was, ‘What a fertile, fruitful, months-long source of gossip this is going to provide for that awful Maggie Sebregt.’
A Note on the Author
Nicolas Freeling(1927–2003), born Nicolas Davidson, was a British crime novelist, best known as the author of the Van der Valk series of detective novels; a television series based on the character was produced for the British ITV network by Thames Television during the 1970s, and revived in the 1990s.
Freeling’sThe King of the Rainy Country received a 1967 Edgar Award, from the Mystery Writers of America, for Best Novel. He also won the Gold Dagger of the Crime Writers’ Association.
In 1968 his novel Love in Amsterdam was adapted as the film Amsterdam Affair directed by Gerry O’Hara and starring Wolfgang Kieling as Van Der Valk.
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A Long Silence
Criminal Conversation
Double-Barrel
Over the High Side
One Damn Think After Another
Strike Out Where Not Applicable
The King of the Rainy Country
The Widow
Tsing-Boum
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