Order of Inspector DeKok Books
Inspector DeKok is the protagonist in a series of detective fiction novels by Dutch novelist A.C. Baantjer. This Dutch detective teams up with his sidekick Vledder. The series combines the police procedural with a puzzle mystery. In Dutch, the character’s name is spelled “De Cock,” but the spelling was changed for the English translation. The series has been adapted to both film and television.
A.C. Baantjer debuted Inspector DeKok in English in 1992 with the novel DeKok and the Somber Nude. Only 23 of the 60 Inspector DeKok novels have been translated to English (to date). 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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Inspector DeKok Synopses: In DeKok and the Sunday Strangler by A.C. Baantjer, an Amsterdam prostitute Inspector DeKok was fond of has been strangled. Shortly after, a second prostitute is killed, and along with his assistant, Viedder, DeKok begins down a trail of twisted motives and hidden agendas.
In DeKok and the Corpse on Christmas Eve by A.C. Baantjer, we learn that DeKok himself is not above breaking the law in the name of justice, as he engages a burglar to commit a break-in and then tampers with evidence to entrap the murderer of a young woman.