Order of Inspector DeKok Books
Inspector DeKok is the protagonist in a series of detective fiction novels by Dutch novelist A.C. Baantjer. This Dutch detective teams up with his sidekick Vledder. The series combines the police procedural with a puzzle mystery. In Dutch, the character’s name is spelled “De Cock,” but the spelling was changed for the English translation. The series has been adapted to both film and television.
A.C. Baantjer debuted Inspector DeKok in English in 1992 with the novel DeKok and the Somber Nude. Only 23 of the 60 Inspector DeKok novels have been translated to English (to date). Below is a list of A.C. Baantjer’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Inspector DeKok Books
| DeKok and the Somber Nude | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Sorrowing Tomcat | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Mask of Death | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and Murder on the Menu | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Corpse on Christmas Eve | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Disillusioned Corpse | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Dead Harlequin | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Romantic Murder | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Careful Killer | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Brothers of the Easy Death | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Corpse at the Church Wall | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Dancing Death | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Naked Lady | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Dying Stroller | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Deadly Accord | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and Murder in Seance | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and Murder in Ecstasy | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Begging Death | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and Murder by Installment | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Corpse Return | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Murder in First Class | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Deadly Warning | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Geese of Death | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Murder in Bronze | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and Murder on Blood Mountain | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Death of a Clown | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and Murder by Melody | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Dead Lovers | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and the Vendetta | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| DeKok and Variations on Murder | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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Inspector DeKok Synopses: In DeKok and the Sunday Strangler by A.C. Baantjer, an Amsterdam prostitute Inspector DeKok was fond of has been strangled. Shortly after, a second prostitute is killed, and along with his assistant, Viedder, DeKok begins down a trail of twisted motives and hidden agendas.
In DeKok and the Corpse on Christmas Eve by A.C. Baantjer, we learn that DeKok himself is not above breaking the law in the name of justice, as he engages a burglar to commit a break-in and then tampers with evidence to entrap the murderer of a young woman.
