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) |    |
| DeKok and the Sorrowing Tomcat | (1969) | |
| DeKok and the Mask of Death | (1987) | |
| DeKok and Murder on the Menu | (1992) | |
| DeKok and the Corpse on Christmas Eve | (1993) | |
| DeKok and the Disillusioned Corpse | (1993) | |
| DeKok and the Dead Harlequin | (1993) | |
| DeKok and the Romantic Murder | (1993) | |
| DeKok and the Careful Killer | (1993) | |
| DeKok and the Brothers of the Easy Death | (1994) | |
| DeKok and the Corpse at the Church Wall | (1994) | |
| DeKok and the Dancing Death | (1994) | |
| DeKok and the Naked Lady | (1994) | |
| DeKok and the Dying Stroller | (1994) | |
| DeKok and the Deadly Accord | (1997) | |
| DeKok and Murder in Seance | (1997) | |
| DeKok and Murder in Ecstasy | (1998) | |
| DeKok and the Begging Death | (1998) | |
| DeKok and Murder by Installment | (1998) | |
| DeKok and the Corpse Return | (1998) | |
| DeKok and the Murder in First Class | (1998) | |
| DeKok and the Deadly Warning | (2003) | |
| DeKok and the Geese of Death | (2004) | |
| DeKok and the Murder in Bronze | (2004) | |
| DeKok and Murder on Blood Mountain | (2004) | |
| DeKok and the Death of a Clown | (2004) | |
| DeKok and Murder by Melody | (2004) | |
| DeKok and the Dead Lovers | (2004) | |
| DeKok and the Vendetta | (2004) | |
| DeKok and Variations on Murder | (2004) | |
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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.