In a nice piece of meta commentary deep within this detective novel, the Dutch police investigator Van der Valk compares himself and his plodding ways to the Marlowes and Bonds of fiction, who would never be putt-putting around like he is in a rented Renault on the trail of a potential murderer. There's not much action in this psychological story, but Van der Valk is an appealing enough character to carry the day.
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