The House of Dolls (Detective Pieter Vos)

The House of Dolls (Detective Pieter Vos)

by David Hewson (Author)

Synopsis

By the bestselling author of The Killing, The House of Dolls is the first novel in David Hewson's gripping Detective Pieter Vos series set in Amsterdam.

Anneliese Vos, sixteen-year-old daughter of Amsterdam detective, Pieter Vos, disappeared three years ago in mysterious circumstances. Her distraught father's desperate search reveals nothing and results in his departure from the police force.

Pieter now lives in a broken down houseboat in the colourful Amsterdam neighbourhood of the Jordaan. One day, while Vos is wasting time at the Rijksmuseum staring at a doll's house that seems to be connected in some way to the case, Laura Bakker, a misfit trainee detective from the provinces, visits him. She's come to tell him that Katja Prins, daughter of an important local politician, has gone missing in circumstances similar to Anneliese.

In the company of the intriguing and awkward Bakker, Vos finds himself drawn back into the life of a detective. A life which he thought he had left behind. Hoping against hope that somewhere will lay a clue to the fate of Anneliese, the daughter he blames himself for losing . . .

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Edition: Main Market
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 10 Apr 2014

ISBN 10: 1447246144
ISBN 13: 9781447246145
Book Overview: Where dark secrets lurk behind every door . . . The House of Dolls is the first title in the Detective Pieter Vos series, David Hewson's atmospheric crime novels set in the city of canals and coffee shops.

Media Reviews
Dark and atmospheric with breathless pacing -- Linwood Barclay * A Tap at the Window *
Dark and atmospheric with breathless pacing -- Linwood Barclay * A Tap at the Window *
When Hewson hits his stride it feels like you're being treated to a masterclass in crime writing. If you have a penchant for Euro-crime procedurals, The House of Dolls is an essential new series. * Crime Fiction Lover *
Author Bio
Former Sunday Times journalist David Hewson is well known for his crime-thriller fiction set in European cities. He is the author of the highly acclaimed The Killing novels set in Denmark, the Detective Nic Costa series set in Italy and the Pieter Vos series in Amsterdam. The Killing trilogy is based on the BAFTA award-winning Danish TV series created by Soren Sveistrup and produced by DR, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. While he lives in Kent, Hewson's ability to capture the sense of place and atmosphere in his fiction comes from spending considerable research time in the cities in which the books are set: Copenhagen, Rome, Venice and Amsterdam.