Order of A.C. Baantjer Books
A.C. Baantjer (1923-2010) was a Dutch novelist of detective fiction novels. He wrote the Inspector DeKok series. Baantjer himself was an inspector with the Amsterdam Police for nearly four decades. Besides his DeKok novels, he wrote other fiction and non-fiction in Dutch, and wrote a daily column for a newspaper in the Netherlands.
A.C. Baantjer’s first novel to be published in English was DeKok and the Somber Nude, published in 1992. Below is a list of A.C. Baantjer’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Inspector DeKok Books
| DeKok and the Somber Nude | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Sorrowing Tomcat | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Mask of Death | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and Murder on the Menu | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Corpse on Christmas Eve | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Disillusioned Corpse | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Dead Harlequin | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Romantic Murder | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Careful Killer | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Brothers of the Easy Death | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Corpse at the Church Wall | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Dancing Death | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Naked Lady | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Dying Stroller | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Deadly Accord | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and Murder in Seance | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and Murder in Ecstasy | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Begging Death | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and Murder by Installment | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Corpse Return | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Murder in First Class | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Deadly Warning | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Geese of Death | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Murder in Bronze | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and Murder on Blood Mountain | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Death of a Clown | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and Murder by Melody | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Dead Lovers | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Vendetta | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and Variations on Murder | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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A.C. Baantjer Synopsis: DeKok and the Sorrowing Tomcat by A.C. Baantjer is book 4 in the Inspector DeKok series. On the sand dunes that protect the lowlands of the Netherlands, an early morning jogger makes a gruesome discovery – the body of a man with a dagger protruding from his back. The corpse of Peter Geffel, better known as “Cunning” Pete, is identified, but the local police cannot find any clues. When the call goes out to notify other jurisdictions of the discovery, Homicide Detective DeKok feels drawn to the case because he knew the victim. Along with his inseparable sidekick Vledder, DeKok searches the city of Amsterdam for answers. Soon there is another corpse and, unlikely as it may seem, the killing of Cunning Pete is connected to a killing in higher social circles.