(Lemniscaat, 2004, 279 pages)

This is a football book which people who don’t like the sport will also enjoy. It seems impossible but it isn’t. Dijkzeul hasn’t just written about football in a way that will charm even its detractors, she has also managed to tell a story which remains gripping throughout.

(Ambo Anthos, 2006, 264 pages)

During a school reunion, an English teacher is murdered. There are no witnesses and apparently no motive. While the police launch a search for the killer on the basis of extremely unsubstantial evidence, the reader is given insight into the aftermath, into the private lives of those participating in the reunion. The psychological tension between two of these former students, who rather hastily decide to start living together, is a particularly interesting aspect.

(Ambo Anthos, 2012, 284 pages)

The fifth volume in Lieneke Dijkzeul’s Vegter series begins with a chilling scene. A large, heavy-set man lies dead on the kitchen floor. He’s 6 foot tall, over 12 stone of dead weight. The female murderer wonders how she is going to move his much too heavy body.