Open Road Integrated Media LLC
Featuring: Pieter Van In
336 pages ISBN: 1497678897 EAN: 9781497678897 Kindle: B00QLF2HRW Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
In a meadow, behind the Vermasts' rather decrepit house
where the parents are excavating, their little daughter
finds a bone. A human bone. Police Inspector Pieter Van
In is called on the premises, and soon his wife Hannelore
Martens as well: she is the deputy public prosecutor. And
five months pregnant and a tad hormonal. The skeleton is
that of an unknown young man, who was murdered about
twelve
years before. Hannelore and Pieter will have to work the
case together, but Hannelore dares her husband to solve
the case within a month because she fancies a holiday in
Portugal...
FROM BRUGES WITH LOVE is a nifty little police procedural
with a difference. The difference being the witty and
very colourful writing, not to mention the extraordinary
and crystal-clear descriptions of the characters who
steal the show! From an inept medical examiner, a dirty
cop, blackmailers, a pedophile and a former exotic dancer
whose bloom has faded and her loser husband, and the
irrepressible Versavel, Van In's subordinate. Van In who
is not always by the book and a bit negligent, while his
wife is competent and methodical, however they truly
behave like a real loving couple. I was glued to the page
following the unusual investigation. Don't get me wrong,
the characters are not cartoonish, not in the least,
merely very human; and the Vermasts' house is almost a
character in itself.
FROM BRUGES WITH LOVE is very fast-paced and Mr. Aspe's
biting sense of humour had me chuckling more than a few
times; no one and nothing is immune! The suspense however
is very cleverly constructed: there is definitely a
method to Mr. Aspe's madness as the events snowball and
it becomes obvious that the characters' eccentricities
are relevant to the murder case.
FROM BRUGES WITH LOVE is a very well written suspense
novel that will keep you on your toes, and the remarkably
transparent translation by Brian Doyle must also be
mentioned as the flow of the narrative and the dialogues
suffer not the tiniest hitch! FROM BRUGES WITH LOVE is a
most pleasant surprise!
Behind the glamorous facade of elite Belgian society lies
a seedy world unseen by the public eye—but nothing stays
hidden forever
Inspector Pieter Van In is begrudgingly finishing up a
healthy lunch when he hears the news: While restoring their
farmhouse, the Vermasts have found a skeleton in the
backyard. Van In, who happens to be married to the deputy
public prosecutor, is determined to solve the case in
double-quick time and squeeze in one last vacation before
the birth of his first child.
But this murder is trickier than it looks. The Vermasts’
land belonged to the most prominent businessman in West
Flanders before it was suddenly handed over to a right-wing
charity. The heavily endowed foundation appears to have no
expenditures or investments. So who’s financing it—and why?
Before he knows it, Van In finds himself in the middle of a
complex web—one that involves high-level officials, local
law enforcement, and common thugs. The harder he tries to
unravel the thread, the more difficult it becomes to uncover
the secrets that the charity’s benefactors are trying to
hide. This time Van In will have to risk lives to find out
the truth.
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