One Damn Thing After Another [Paperback]

Nicolas Freeling (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2001

A Van der Valk Thriller

Running a one-woman agency in Strasbourg, Arlette Van der Valk sets out to uncover an illegal fur-trader’s activities and ends up in the Argentine searching for a runaway. What ensues is a chilling warning from a mysterious voice on the telephone. It seems that one of her murdered husband’s rivals has finally caught up with her. Life for Arlette is just one damn thing after another.

Editorial Reviews

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The most eccentric, the most idiosyncratic and the most European of crime writers’ -- Anita Brookner

‘The best of all police detectives’ -- The Sunday Times

About the Author

A true master of popular crime fiction and creator of the ever-popular Inspector van der Valk and Henri Castang, Nicolas Freeling has written more than thirty books and has an innate empathy with France and its culture. Born at the Grays Inn Rd., St. Pancras London 1927, Freeling has lived much of his life in Europe, notably the Vosges hills and Strasbourg. He spent his first fifteen years as a cook in expensive restaurants before turning to writing. An astute, gritty writer of European flavour, his tone, manner, interests and observations are always stamped with his distinctive personality, reflecting all that is great about crime fiction.

Product Details

• Paperback: 268 pages
• Publisher: House of Stratus Ltd (January 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1842328565
• ISBN-13: 978-1842328569
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,533,434 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Used it was..., July 25, 2011

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John the Reader "John" (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Damn Thing After Another (Paperback)

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 agree that it was Used.