Avid Series Reader's Reviews > Death of a Hawker

Death of a Hawker by Janwillem van de Wetering is the 4th book of the humorous and offbeat police procedural mystery series set in 20th-century Amsterdam. Rioting in Amsterdam nearly prevents detectives Grijpstra & de Gier from getting across town to investigate a reported murder. They finally make it, but are injured along the way. The murder victim was a man who sold trinkets in a local open-air market. He didn't have friends so much as hangers-on, whom he insulted regularly. The suspects and the murder solution are far less interesting than the eccentric characters we meet in the story, friends of Grijpstra and the commissaris. Rinus de Gier's budding romance is very sweet, totally unexpected based on his character in earlier books. I recommend reading this series in order.