The Rattle-Rat Janwillem van de Wetering 1986 RARE 1st UK Edition Hardcover with Dust Jacket Mystery Detective Story
Translated from the original Dutch. Douwe Scherjoen was a well-to-do livestock dealer from the remote Dutch province of Friesland. Then his corpse was found, half-charred by flames, floating in a dory in Amsterdam’s harbor. No one knows why he was in the nation’s capital, far from the bucolic pleasures of his native village of Dingjum. But since Grijpstra is Friesian by birth and can understand the dialect, he and his partner de Gier are dispatched to find the killer—or at least the motive for the crime. And they discover that while no one, not even his wife, liked the victim, the culprit is the unlikeliest suspect of all.
Good to very good condition with wear & discolouration (foxing) as shown. Gilt blocked bindings are intact & tight. Illustrated original unclipped dust jacket with bright and clear cover artwork. Some shelf wear to edges. Photographs are of the actual listed book you will receive. The condition of recycled books is often subjective to individuals and occasionally small marks or issues may be missed. I provide plenty of quality photos because they say a picture paints a thousand words. Please check these photos carefully as they form part of this description and can describe this item far better than any blurb I might write.