Outsider in Amsterdam (Grijpstra and de Gier Series #1)

Piet Verboom is found dangling from a beam in the Hindist Society he ran as a restaurant-commune in a quiet Amsterdam street. Detective-Adjutant Gripstra and Sergeant de Gier of the Amsterdam police force are sent to investigate what looks like a simple suicide.

Outsider in Amsterdam is the first in the Amsterdam Cops series of internationally renowned mysteries.