Willem Asman (b. 1959) studied law in Amsterdam. He’s previously published the thrillers The Cassandra Paradox (2006), Brittanica (2009), Wonderman’s Endgame (2009) and Queen’s Day (2010). In 2018 his novel Enter was awarded the Gouden Strop, the most important Dutch crime novel award.
(De Bezige Bij, 2006, 480 pages)
Willem Asman has emerged as The Netherlands’ Stephen King, an author whom Asman greatly admires and whom he has adopted as his role model, even to the point of absorbing his handbook On Writing and following King’s directions to his advantage. The result is a grand story that takes us in several directions, from an Indian temple in the Andes to the international power struggle following the 9/11 attacks.
(Ambo Anthos, 2017, 344 pages)
Many years ago, Tyler testified against her husband and she now goes by a new name in Amsterdam, where she lives with her daughter Charlie. In accordance with the rules of the witness protection programme, no one knows about her past life, not even her daughter.
