Can you spare a moment?
GREAT! THEN PLEASE allow me to introduce myself. I’m private detective Lex Spijker. I hope you don’t mind if I start at the very beginning? Good zo. I was born on a spring Saturday afternoon at the Sint Lucas Andreas Hospital in Haarlem—the firstborn to Julienne Spijker (born Lévy in Paris in 1922) and Adam…
The Lure of Amsterdam is ready for Sunday
It’s been a few nervy days waiting for my new book to arrive from Books & Catalogues Ltd in time for the book launch at the American Book Center (Spui 12 in Amsterdam) on Sunday. It’s at 16.00—thanks for asking 😉 Not only was I worried about meeting the deadline, but (obviously) also about the…
The Lure of Amsterdam – Book launch
With a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, I invite you to the launch of my next book, ‘The Lure of Amsterdam’ on Sunday, January 19th, from 16.00 to 18.00 at the American Book Center (Spui 12 in Amsterdam). Should you be unable to pop in for a toast, a canapé, and of course, your signed copy…
AMSTERDAM TRILOGY — get it today for only $ 4.99
The worst that can happen to you in idyllic Amsterdam is, probably, getting your pockets picked in the red-light district, or having a bad trip to a coffee shop. Unless, of course, a sniper puts a bullet in your head while you ride your bicycle, a strangler places a tie around your neck on the…
Meet the stalker
On Tuesday, January 15 the Amsterdam Stalker is published to conclude the trilogy of the Rinus Rompa book series. Chapter one below introduces the inspector’s main antagonist. It was a sweltering Amsterdam summer night in late July. A heat wave had held the capital in its grip for almost two weeks and had no intention of…
The stalker is (almost) here
If you read this, you’ve survived the Amsterdam Sniper and the Amsterdam Strangler. If you also survive the Amsterdam Stalker, I shall know when I see you for the book launch at Quellijnstraat 126A on Tuesday, January 15 from 18.00 to 20.00. I assure you that the Amsterdam Stalker concludes the Inspector Rinus Rompa series…
Rompa took me for a drive in Amsterdam
Inspector Rinus Rompa took me for an Amsterdam drive yesterday in his vintage car. He was happy to hold the camera and to let me share the photo with my many faithful readers of his trials and tribulations – as long as I didn’t reveal the number plate. While I have your attention – the…
Are your doors locked and your windows shut?
You have, of course, by now read the Amsterdam Sniper and the Amsterdam Strangler. I guess you’re waiting for the arrival of the third book in the series – the Amsterdam Stalker. While I’m working hard to get the book ready for Christmas, my illustrator David Gieling has been up all night to finalize the…
Amsterdam Strangler coming to a park near you
The Amsterdam Strangler fresh from the printer – in good time to find its place next to the Amsterdam Sniper in the American Book Center (Spui) from Tuesday 28th August. You can (of course) pre-order it for auto-delivery to your Kindle on 28th August or as a paperback (order today and get it delivered on…