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Since setting up shop in Strasbourg with her new husband, Arlette, widow to the notorious Van der Valk, has garnered something of a name for herself. Getting shot at, kidnapped and blackmailed seem to have simply become a part of daily life. Being taken under the wing of the local police commissioner has come in handy - especially when it came to the gun license - but being connected to the police can be dangerous. When Arlette returns from a relaxing holiday, she finds that her cases have show more not stalled in her absence, but piled up one on top of the other. Dealing with the different issues of her clients is one thing, but when one particularly nasty case arises, Arlette must decide if she will break the police commissioner's cardinal rule, and stick her nose into police business.One Damn Thing After Another, first published in 1981, sees Arlette plunging into danger, and acting the part of a private eye once again. show lessTags
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Having “killed off” the hugely popular hero of his earlier detective series, as authors sometimes do, this book is Freeling’s second featuring Piet Van der Valk’s widow Arlette as the investigator. I read it in an afternoon and evening and, as I turned the pages, they peeled off the spine-backing and fluttered to the floor. I purchased the book as Used – Good.
Having read it I can only agree that it was Used.
Having read it I can only agree that it was Used.
a very strange read. ok really but very strange.
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Novelist Nicolas Freeling was born in London on March 3, 1927. After serving in the military and working as a cook, he began his first novel, Love in Amsterdam, while in prision for theft. He is best know for his Piet Van der Valk dective stories which inspired two television series. He also created the Henri Castang series and wrote numerous show more individual novels. He received the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America for The King of the Rainy Country. He also won the Gold Dagger from the British Crime Writers Association and France's Grand Prix de Roman Policier. He died on July 20, 2003 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1981
- Disambiguation notice
- also published as Arlette
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