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 detective fiction, including Outsider in Amsterdam; The Corpse on the Dike; the short story collection The Sergeant’s Cat; The Maine Massacre, which garnered him the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière; and ten other books in the Amsterdam Cops series.
Praise for Janwillem van de Wetering
"Mr. Van de Wetering's policemen are just as likely to . . . marvel
at human nature as to shoot it down."
—The New York Times
"A superb storyteller."
—Chicago Tribune
"A superlative mystery writer."
—Time
"What makes this series so engaging is that the policemen are as
quirky and complicated as the criminals"
—The Washington Post
"[Van de Wetering] is doing what Simenon might have done if Albert
Camus had sublet his skull."
—John Leonard
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