| Author: | Freeling, Nicolas |
| Publisher: | Harper & Row (1972) |
| Pages: | 228 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Synopsis: |
Also released as: A Long Silence. Commissaris Van der Valk was sitting in his new office, writing in a notebook, which was his habit when things got mixed. He had been asked to serve on the Commission for Inquiry into Law Reform, and he now had a smaller office but he had his name on the door, and he had a secretary, a rather tiresome female named Wattermann. It was Miss Wattermann who came to tell him that there was a young man asking to see him -- on personal business and unofficial business. The young man had an intelligent face and a forward air. His name was Richard Oddinga; he said he worked for a jeweler and that his problem centered around a solid-gold Patek Philippe watch. His story intrigued Van der Valk -- who soon became involved with the jewelers himself. As, eventually, did Van der Valk's devoted, intelligent and determined wife, Arlette. |
| Notes: |
Vintage Books, 1979 |
