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		Grijpstra and de Gier are called to an elegant townhouse where the body of a middle-aged woman has been found in her garden with a broken neck.
		Grijpstra and de Gier begin a search that leads to the unidentified corpse of a man stuffed into the trunk of a stolen Mercedes.
		Grijpstra and de Gier, formerly of the Amsterdam "Murder Brigade," attempt to hide their ill-begotten stash of millions.
	www.dpbooks.com /vandewe2.htm (1319 words)

	Grijpstra and de Gier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Adjutant-Detective Henk Grijpstra and Detective-Sergeant Rinus de Gier, along with their never-named elderly superior, the commissaris, are the most popular creations of Janwillem van de Wetering.
		Grijpstra, heavy, middle-aged, and less-than-happily married, is the senior partner of the team.
		De Gier, younger and almost effeminately attractive with deep brown eyes and curly hair, is single and very successful with women.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grijpstra_and_de_Gier (272 words)

	Janwillem van de Wetering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Janwillem van de Wetering (Middle name: Lincoln; February 12, 1931 -, recently also uses Janwillem Vandewetering as a "pen and reference name"), is the author of a number of works in English and Dutch; he is particularly noted for his detective fiction.
		His most popular creations are Grijpstra and de Gier, a pair of Amsterdam police officers who figure in a lengthy series of novels and short stories.
		Van de Wetering was born and raised in Rotterdam, but in later years he lived in South Africa, Japan, London, Colombia, Peru, Australia, Amsterdam and most recently in Maine, the setting of two of his Grijpstra and de Gier novels and his children's series about the porcupine Hugh Pine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Janwillem_van_de_Wetering (617 words)

	Grijpstra and de Gier -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Adjutant-Detective Henk Grijpstra and Detective-Sergeant Rinus de Gier, along with their never-named elderly superior, the commissaris, are the most popular creations of (additional info and facts about Janwillem van de Wetering) Janwillem van de Wetering.
		He is a (A West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English) Frisian who in his youth dreamed of being a jazz musician; when a set of drums mysteriously appeared in police headquarters he appropriated them and refuses to return them.
		A Frisian like Grijpstra, he is fond of (additional info and facts about jenever) jenever and small cigars; only his first name, Jan, is ever given.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/grijpstra_and_de_gier.htm (265 words)

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		For one of them (Grijpstra) that boils down to the routine existence of a long-married man. For the other (De Gier) it is the exciting life of a bachelor.
		Grijpstra and De Gier react lightheartedly to all this and enjoy life with one joke after the other.
		Jan Willem van de Wetering used to be a policeman working for the Amsterdam Police Department, then he started writing about his experiences and his novels became best-sellers in Holland.
	www.rutgerhauer.org /filmography/grijp.php (244 words)

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		De Gier felt the skin again, Oliver’s fur was wet with blood and sweat, the sweat of fear and pain.
		De Gier felt for his pistol, withdrew and loaded it mechanically and pressed the muzzle against the Siamese’s ear.
		Grijpstra is trying to figure out Japanese food, while De Gier is waxing philosophical, trying to become “zen”, which he seems to equate with taking lots of baths serviced by hot chicks and thinking about nothing…oh, except cats.
	www.vertical-inc.com /blog?p=293 (1240 words)

	"Grijpstra & de Gier" (2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Roef Ragas nails De Gier as the friendlier, sometimes wiser sidekick who occasionally keeps Grijpstra in line (basically the opposite of De Cock and Vledder from Baantjer, where the oldest one is also always the wisest).
		Other things I don't like are the annoying split-screen scenes which are luckily rarely used in newer seasons, and the completely pointless scenes where Grijpstra and De Gier are playing on musical instruments in the lost and found storage (these scenes are only there because they are in the books).
		Overall, Grijpstra and De Gier is a good series with the same flaws as Baantjer, and both very similar to and very different from this older series.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0385421 (849 words)

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		Dit alles in het kader van de afspraak binnen de Verenigde Naties dat in 2015 alle kinderen van de wereld onderwijs krijgen.
		Het 'musincident', zoals SBS het zelf noemt, veroorzaakte veel ophef.
		In feite is het het uitlokken tot opruiing, dus dat is strafbaar.
	mediakrant.web-log.nl (5526 words)

	Detective fiction - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		A branch of crime fiction, detective fiction is the fictional genre which centres upon the investigation by a detective of a crime, usually murder.
		De Andrea has described the quiet little village of St Mary Mead as having "put on a pageant of human depravity rivaled only by that of Sodom and Gomorrah".
		Similarly, TV heroine Jessica Fletcher is confronted with bodies wherever she goes, but over the years people who have met violent deaths have also piled up in the streets of Cabot Cove, Maine, the cosy little village where she lives.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /d/de/detective_fiction.html (1663 words)

	[ DVD.nl ] - Achtergronden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Ook is het algemeen bekend dat veel fabrikanten de bekabeling als sluitstuk gebruiken op een compleet pakket en derhalve kabels bijleveren waarvan de kwaliteit eigenlijk onder de maat is. Met dit stukje hopen wij daarom een beetje duidelijkheid te scheppen in de wereld van de bekabeling.
		De televisiebeelden in hogere kwaliteit vragen meer ruimte dan de huidige beelden en dus is er een opslagmiddel nodig met een hogere capaciteit.
		Dit keer is het tijd om de wanden en het planfond af te maken, een nieuwe vloer te leggen en het geheel te verven.
	www.dvd.nl /achtergrond.php (2496 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Perfidious Parrot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Ex-Amsterdam cops Grijpstra and de Gier have now gone private, seeking to avoid work while their former commissioner manages the huge cache of drug money they stumbled on and appropriated.
		The Maine Massacre ('79) - De Gier and the commissaris travel, and a lot of the fun is in their observations of their new surroundings, and interactions with the locals.
		Grijpstra is a PI, de Gier is living easy in Maine after traveling, and the commissaris is at home.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1569471029 (1339 words)

	[ DVD.nl ] - Welkom bij DVD.nl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Primeur is de aanwezigheid van een DTS geluidstrack.
		De verlengde versie van de film en vele extra's verdeelt over drie schijven.
		De doden komen tot leven in deze klassieker van de hand van George Romero.
	www.dvd.nl /index.php (155 words)

	Theodicius » Blog Archive » Outsider in Amsterdam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		This one is part of the series written by Janwillem van de Wetering about the two Amsterdam cops Grijpstra and De Gier.
		De Gier beds the widow, and looks forward to more of her, until she insists his cat would have to go.
		Grijpstra deals with the politics of his superiors in hos own cynical way, adn eventually the two converge on the solution.
	arlen.f2o.org /archives/2005/04/04/outsider-in-amsterdam (335 words)

	Books : Outsider in Amsterdam (Grijpstra & de Gier Mystery) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Hiding in a bush in dog poop waiting to catch a good-looking drug dealer, de Gier thinks to himself: "I hope he attacks me. I'll trip him up and break his nose.
		Explaining why he's leaving a beautiful woman, de Gier says to his three superior officers, in a dejected voice: "She wants me to leave my cat." The superiors laugh.
		Grijpstra the family man, talking to his superior on the phone and looking at his wife's head, says "Yes sir" on the phone and thinks: "Why do curlers have to be pink?
	www.homeremodelingtoday.com /books/home-remodeling/1569470170 (976 words)

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		The primary policemen involved in the case, Grijpstra, DeGier, and the commissaris, are a continually interesting and entertaining lot, and Grijpstra and DeGier's ongoing banter, in particular, lends the book a touch of levity that is greatly appreciated in a genre that often becomes bogged down in the seriousness of its heroes and villains.
		Beyond the usual conventions of detective fiction, van de Wetering also provides some interesting literary touches, particularly in his depictions of isolated characters and their geographical mirrors, the islands of Curacao and Schiermonnikoog.
		Yet as is typical of a mystery novel, the twist van de Wetering provides is to undermine the oppositions he has created to illustrate that the world around us cannot be viewed by such polar extremes.
	www.tabheaven.com /store/index.php?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=1569470189 (1012 words)

	Reviews of Mysteries -- Writers Write -- The IWJ
		In this 14th entry into the Amsterdam Cops Series the notorious pair of detectives Grijpstra and de Gier and their former superior officer the Commissaris have retired from the police force after finding a secret cache of dollars hidden by some long-gone and not-missed drug dealers.
		De Grijpstra, de Gier and the Commissaris set off on a journey to find the pirates of the supertanker following a dangerous trail that will take them from the strip clubs of Key West to the islands of St. Eustatius and Aruba.
		Written in van de Wetering's inimitable style, The Perfidious Parrot is a glorious romp through the tropics which dips into the murky waters of Zen philosophy and the exploration of conscience.
	www.writerswrite.com /journal/jan98/mystery2.htm (825 words)

	The Maine Massacre audio book, by Janwillem van de Wetering, narrated by George Guidall, on Cassette - UK Audiobooks
		The Grijpstra and De Gier mystery series has captured a world-wide audience with its intriguing Dutch detectives and provocative cases.
		Skidding on the icy landscape, De Gier pieces together the clues while contemplating the perplexing differences between police procedures in America and Europe.
		As the sinister force behind the deaths closes in on the sergeant, narrator George Guidall's performance conveys De Gier's gentle humor, quiet intelligence, and surprising karate skills.
	www.ukaudiobooks.co.uk /titles.php?&t=1688 (206 words)

	Lagestee Film Developments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Comedy-detective in which the Dutch detective couple (and friends) Grijpstra and De Gier get to solve the mystery of the death of a young woman on a small island off the coast of Bangor, Maine USA.
		De Gier was the last person who saw her, and is flmailed by some local crooks, Bad George and Flash.
		They claim he had something to do with her death, but in the end help Grijpstra and De Gier against Sheriff Hairy Harry, his deputy Billy-Boy and an international gang of drugs smugglers.
	www.lagesteefilm.nl /r_5.1_developments_drijfluik.html (101 words)

	Outsider in Amsterdam (Grijpstra & de Gier Mystery) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		The owner of a sleazy restaurant-cum-commune in the old quarter of Amsterdam is dead; his body hangs from a rafter, at first glance a suicide, at second a murder.
		The police call in Detective Grijpstra, a mild-mannered, middle-aged family man with tired feet and a bemused soul, and his partner, de Gier, a bachelor with a philosophical turn of mind who shares his modish apartment with a wayward Siamese cat and occasion such women as are not allergic to it.
		The clues are plentiful enough to be puzzling and lead to a juicy variety of suspects and helpers including a native Papuan -- former member of the Dutch Constabulary in New Guinea, the 'outsider' of the title.
	www.textkit.com /0_1569470170.html (1309 words)

	Amazon.com: Tumbleweed (Grijpstra & de Gier Mystery): Books: Janwillem Van De Wetering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Yet as is typical of a mystery novel, the twist van de Wetering provides is to undermine the oppositions he has created to illustrate that the world around us cannot be viewed by such polar extremes.
		While Janwillem van de Wetering's "Tumbleweed" can not lay claim to the most fascinating mystery or the most suspenseful story in detective fiction history, it still manages to entertain and keep its readers interested to the end.
		The primary policemen involved in the case, Grijpstra, DeGier, and the commissaris, are a continually interesting and entertaining lot, and Grijpstra and DeGier's ongoing banter, in particular, lends the book a touch of levity that is greatly appreciated in a genre that often becomes bogged down in the seriousness of its heroes and villains.
	www.amazon.com /Tumbleweed-Grijpstra-Mystery-Janwillem-Wetering/dp/1569470189 (1522 words)

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		Grijpstra en de Gier is one the crowd is much less associated with, unlike his scores for films such as Turkish Delight and Soldier of Orange.
		For good reasons the score for Grijpstra and de Gier was recorded at the CTs Studios in Wembley, Great Britain.
		To add up to the number of people and to enrich the sound several Dutch musicians where brought along; Ack van Rooyen, Eef Alberts and Louis de Deby are known for their contribution.
	www.geocities.com /filmscorevisions/soldaatoranje-grijpstragier.html (879 words)

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		Maar bovenal: de meest individuele expressie van de meest individuele emotie.
		Op het verzengendst uur van de dag komt uit de woning van de eigenaar, een stevige Fransman met Flaubert-snor, de dochter des huizes te voorschijn die, hoe bestaat het, prachtig blond haar heeft.
		De baton gaat hoog in de lucht, wiekt door de zoele lucht, en belandt zachtjes weer in haar hand.
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	Grijpstra & De Gier (1979) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		One of the two movies dutch TV showed after the death of director Verstappen (the abysmal Blue Movie was the other).
		In this we have buddy cops Hauwer en De Gooijer (both big names in dutch cinema) having to solve a mystery including drugs and murder.
		The movie has it's silly moments (in particular near the ending, and with the 'lip-girl'), but after watching the crap Blue Movie was this was pretty enjoyable.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0079241 (277 words)

	Abebooks Search Results - Amsterdam Cops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Van de Wetering's novels (The Perfidious Parrot, etc.) are known for their witty plots and eccentric characters; his books on Zen are quirky and engaging.
		\n\nFrom Booklist\nAmsterdam cops Grijpstra and de Gier bridge the gap between the big-brained European sleuths of the old school, who restored order from chaos through the power of their logic, and the more beleaguered contemporary European crime fighters, who are often overwhelmed by the fundamental orderlessness of the world.
		The Corpse on the Dike : Grijpstra & De Gier, The Amsterdam Cops Ser.
	textbook.abebooks.com /Title/91068/Amsterdam+Cops.html (1403 words)

	Grijpstra en de Gier - Moviefone
		Synopsis: A few notches more vulgar than their American counterparts, Grijpstra (Rijk de Gooyer) and De Gier (Rutger Hauer) are partners in the Amsterdam...
		Grijpstra and De Gier (1979) Grijpstra and De Gier on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
		A few notches more vulgar than their American counterparts, Grijpstra (Rijk de Gooyer) and De Gier (Rutger Hauer) are partners in the Amsterdam police force...
	movies.aol.com /movie/grijpstra-en-de-gier/1011530/main?date=20061023 (166 words)

	Amsterdam Cops: Collected Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		The beloved Amsterdam Cops — Henk Grijpstra and Rinus de Gier — have appeared in fourteen novels and thirteen stories.
		Janwillem van de Wetering is world–renowned for his quirky, Zen–flavored mysteries.
		He was born in Rotterdam in 1931, studied Zen in Daitoku–ji monastery in Kyoto and philosophy in London.
	www.sohopress.com /cops.html (164 words)

	The Mind-Murders (Grijpstra-De Grier Series/Janwillem Van De Wetering)
		Grijpstra and DeGier were faced with a stuck window.
		Grijpstra and DeGier take off in search of Rea Fortune since her belongings have vanished.
		Grijpstra believes that Rea Fortune is a woman of unfulfilled fantasy.
	www.wordboost.com /a/The_MindMurders_1569470928.html (476 words)

	owenbookseller.com :: Mysteries and Modern First Editions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		janwillem van de Wetering : Death of a Hawker Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1977.
		janwillem van de Wetering : Outsider in Amsterdam Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1975.
		Introduces detectives Grijpstra and de Gier who are colled in to investigate.
	www.owenbookseller.com /store/catalog/authors/v (618 words)

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