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The Perfidious Parrot

By Janwillem van de Wetering

By Janwillem van de Wetering

By Janwillem van de Wetering

By Janwillem van de Wetering

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Part of Amsterdam Cops

Part of Amsterdam Cops

Category: Crime Mysteries

Category: Crime Mysteries

Paperback $16.95

Jul 01, 2003 | ISBN 9781569471302

Ebook $9.99

Jul 01, 2003 | ISBN 9781569478264

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    About The Perfidious Parrot

    The fourteenth Amsterdam Cops Mystery

    Retired policemen Grijpstra and de Gier are being blackmailed. The threat is a serious one: to set the income tax authority on them. The blackmailers, a wealthy yacht owner and his son, want them to investigate the mysterious hijacking of a supertanker’s entire cargo in the Caribbean. The Amsterdam cops reluctantly agree to take the case. Their rendezvous is in Key West, where they are confronted with a murder.

    About The Perfidious Parrot

    The fourteenth Amsterdam Cops Mystery

    Retired policemen Grijpstra and de Gier are being blackmailed. The threat is a serious one: to set the income tax authority on them. The blackmailers, a wealthy yacht owner and his son, want them to investigate the mysterious hijacking of a supertanker’s entire cargo in the Caribbean. The Amsterdam cops reluctantly agree to take the case. Their rendezvous is in Key West, where they are confronted with a murder.

    About Janwillem van de Wetering

    Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008) was born and raised in Rotterdam, but lived most recently in Surry, Maine. He served as a member of the Amsterdam Special Constabulary and was once a Zen Buddhist monk. He is renowned for his… More about Janwillem van de Wetering

    About Janwillem van de Wetering

    Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008) was born and raised in Rotterdam, but lived most recently in Surry, Maine. He served as a member of the Amsterdam Special Constabulary and was once a Zen Buddhist monk. He is renowned for his… More about Janwillem van de Wetering

    Product Details

    Category: Crime Mysteries

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by Soho Crime
    Jul 01, 2003 | 320 Pages | 5 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9781569471302

    Category: Crime Mysteries

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Soho Crime
    Jul 01, 2003 | 288 Pages | 5 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9781569478264

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    Praise

    Praise for The Perfidious Parrot

    “One of their most exotic adventure to date . . . A shamelessly materialistic good time is had by all.”
    —The New York Times Book Review

    “Sit back and revel in the pleasures of van de Wetering’s original take on everything from police corruption to the U.S. Military’s role in international oil piracy.”
    —Chicago Tribune

    “Entertaining.”
    —Washington Post Book World

    “For lovers of the Amsterdam Cops, this is an especially exotic treat; for newcomers it will be a sparkling and more than usually offbeat introduction.”
    —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

    “A worthwhile and spiritually side-splitting experience.”
    —Maine Times

    “What the author has pulled off here is significant: He’s managed to write a noir thriller animated by a genuine (if cynical) sense of humor.”
    —Islands Magazine

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