From Bruges With Love

Inspector Pieter Van In is begrudgingly finishing up a healthy lunch when he hears the news: While moving into a restored farmhouse, a family has found a skeleton in the backyard. Now married to the deputy public prosecutor, Hannelore Martens, Van In is determined to solve the case in double-quick time and squeeze in one last vacation before their first child is born.

But this murder is trickier than it looks, and Van In soon finds himself in murky waters. The Vermasts’ land previously belonged to Lodewijk Vandaele, the owner of what used to be one of the largest contractor companies in West Flanders before it was suddenly handed over to a right-wing charity. The heavily endowed foundation appears to have no expenditures or investments. So who’s financing it—and why?

Before he knows it, Van In finds himself in the middle of a complex web—one that involves high-level officials and law enforcement as much as common thugs. The more determined Van In becomes to unravel the thread, the harder it gets to discover the secret hidden by powerful benefactors. This time, Van In will risk lives to find out the truth.

Pieter Aspe is the author of the Pieter Van In mystery series. Aspe lives in Bruges, Belgium, and is one of the most popular contemporary writers in the Flemish language. His novels have sold over one million copies in Europe alone.

Brian Doyle was born in Scotland in 1956 and is currently a professor at the University of Leuven in Belgium. In addition to teaching, he has translated a wide variety of books from Dutch and Flemish into English. In addition to the Pieter Van In Mysteries, his recent book projects include Jef Geeraerts’s The Public Prosecutor (2009), Jacqueline van Maarsen’sInheriting Anne Frank (2010), Christiaan Weijts’s The Window Dresser (2009), Tessa de Loo’sThe Book of Doubt (2011), Paul Glaser’s Dancing with the Enemy (2013), and Bob Van Laerhoven’sBaudelaire’s Revenge (2014). He also translates poetry and literary nonfiction.