Nicolas Freeling

The King of the Rainy Country (2001)

Double-Barrel (1975)

"I was sure she was telling the truth."For once I am enjoying an opportunity to poke fun at one of my most favorite author's work. The silly sentence quoted above comes from Nicolas Freeling's "Double-Barrel" (1964), the fourth entry in the celebrated Van der Valk series, commonly regarded as one...

Criminal Conversation (1981)

Van der Valk never disappoints and Freeling has an incredible gift for dialogue, audible and interior. This book is written from Van der Valk's point of view and then from that of Dr. Van der Post, the "criminal," who under his carefully massaged facade turns out to be Van der Valk's "semblable ...

Tsing Boum (2001)

Strike Out Where Not Applicable (2001)

The Janeites (2004)