{"product_id":"tumbleweed-isbn-9781569470183","title":"Tumbleweed","description":"Maria van Buren, a beautiful, high-class prostitute, is found dead with a knife in her back in her houseboat on an Amsterdam canal. Grijpstra and de Gier must solve the murder. Her tony clients all have sound alibis. Before the murderer is caught, the detectives and their commissaris will investigate allegations of black magic, travel to Curaçao, and pursue the clues to a chilly island off the coast of Holland.\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Janwillem van de Wetering\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What Simenon might have done if Albert Camus had sublet his skull.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—John Leonard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Masterly Zen mysteries.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A superlative mystery writer.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Engaging . . . The policemen are as quirky and complicated and human as the criminals.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If you are entirely innocent of van de Wetering, I envy you. You’ve got a dozen or so terrific books to read by one of the oddest minds ever to unriddle enigmatic crimes.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eCBS Sunday Morning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJanwillem 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 \u003ci\u003eOutsider in Amsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Corpse on the Dike\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Japanese Corpse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Maine Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e, which garnered him the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, and ten other books in the Amsterdam Cops series.","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302441079013,"sku":"NP9781569470183","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781569470183.jpg?v=1767743032","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/tumbleweed-isbn-9781569470183","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}