Warned off investigating the case, Henk soon realises he can trust nobody, as his search for the killer leads to the involvement of senior police officers, government corruption in the highest places, Hungarian people traffickers, and a deadly threat to his own family.
When he finds a woman's body in Amsterdam Harbour, his detective instincts take over, even though it's not his jurisdiction.
Henk van der Pol is a 30 year term policeman, a few months off retirement. įor fans of John Harvey's Charlie Resnick series and Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, The Harbour Master is a fast-paced detective investigation set in the evocative locale of Amsterdam. Warned off investigating the case, Henk soon realises he can trust nobody, as his search for the killer leads to the involvement of senior. Stolen art work, a prostitute found badly beaten and a biker gang from the Ukraine.For fans of John Harvey's Charlie Resnick series and Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, The Harbour Master is a fast-paced detective investigation set in the evocative locale of Amsterdam. Brussels and the inside corridors of the EU have some dark secrets to hide…īack in Amsterdam, a body has been found and links to the diplomatic community seems to be following Henk around.
Daniel paints a vivid and immersive picture. Never mind the improvements in the field, the Kimberly Process. I consoled myself with the thought that international regulation made it almost impossible to profit from illicit diamonds now…īut of course this is the diamond quarter after all and something is amiss. When the call comes in for him to travel across to Brussels in order to assist the attache of the Dutch energy minister with an important murder investigation.īut first a stopover in Antwerp’s famous diamond area – no harm in that is there? The Harbour Master is a compelling, highly believable tale set in the flesh markets of Amsterdam and the even seedier corridors of power beyond them, where it's hard to know who the real criminals really are. Henk and his wife are in Rotterdam in order to meet with their daughter. 'Daniel Pembrey writes with great authority and authenticity. Even one of the ship’s plaques says Nooitgedacht on it which translates as ‘Who’d’ve thought? Rotterdam, where the novel opens is a city which ‘ must have been a fine-looking place once’, that is before the Germans flattened it and time took it toll. All that cargo moving around those labyrinthe docks…” I went to a James Bond concert the other week and as well as playing Bond themes, they also played iconic tunes from successful crime shows - Cagney & Lacey. “The old harbour is all that is left of old Rotterdam, a city whose marine fringes form Europe’s biggest port.
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