Books by Nicolas Freeling and Complete Book Reviews
Nicolas Freeling, Author Mysterious Press $25 (207p) ISBN 978-0-89296-492-5
Freeling brightens the fall season with this sophisticated and introspective murder mystery, the 14th appearance of Inspector Henri Castang and his wife, Vera. Put out to pasture, Castang has been assigned as an aide to a British jurist, Harold...
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Nicolas Freeling, Author Viking Books $15.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-670-81180-9
What a heady pleasure: a ""novel of suspense and mystery'' that is stylishly written, urbane and civilized, that wears its wide learning gracefully and features popular French detective Henri Castang, who can without pomp and ceremony toss off...
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Nicholas Freeling, Author, Nicolas Freeling, Author Mysterious Press $17.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-89296-380-5
Though they delve into crime and criminal investigation, Freeling's mysteries usually serve up a kind of social stew in which a policeman patiently reduces the ingredients of the case to see what is essential--sometimes it's the criminal; sometimes...
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Nicholas Freeling, Author, Nicolas Freeling, Author Mysterious Press $18.95 (185p) ISBN 978-0-89296-554-0
Freeling, an acknowledged master, packs even more provocation and punch than usual into his 32nd novel, in which former French cop Henri Castang delves into the power of sex and the nature of love, generously lacing his account with literary and...
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Nicholas Freeling, Author, Nicolas Freeling, Author Mysterious Press $18.95 (213p) ISBN 978-0-89296-555-7
In his latest case, Brussels' Henri Castang (Love in Amsterdam et al.), once a policeman but now an ""Advisory Expert on criminology"" in the vast bureaucracy of the European Community, agrees to investigate the disappearance of Anita and Arnold...
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Nicholas Freeling, Author, Nicolas Freeling, Author Mysterious Press $21.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-89296-615-8
Gold Dagger and Edgar winner (for The King of Rainy Country), Freeling offers readers an example of his best work in the final appearance of Brussels police inspector Henri Castang. After the brutal murder of old friends Gerald and Mathilde...
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Nicholas Freeling, Author, Nicolas Freeling, Author St. Martin's Press $22.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-312-26230-3
Author of more than three dozen books, Edgar Award-winner Freeling remains willing to take chances and eschews the formulaic in this psychological tour de force. His narrator, Hubertus van Bijl, a 70-year-old retired Dutch flower grower, makes a...
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