Tsing-boom! [Paperback]

Nicolas Freeling (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 242 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine (1971)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345023080
• ISBN-13: 978-0345023087
• ASIN: B0007I12W0
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,080,198 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A complicated murder, deftly rendered, December 5, 2001

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frumiousb "frumiousb" (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tsing-Boom (Textbook Binding)

A lovely young woman is assassinated in a very un-Dutch manner-- shot in her apartment seven times with what seems like a machine gun:

"Van der Valk got the point. Even one gunshot is a rarity in Holland. Seven is exaggerating."

Van der Valk quickly discovers that her life was not as simple as it seemed and the search for the killer brings him to France to search for her past and ultimately leads him deep into the still-painful memories of the French war in Vietnam.

Vintage Van Der Valk-- up there with _King of the Rainy Country_ and _Death in Amsterdam_. This would be an excellent book for either Freeling fans or for people just getting acquainted with the series.