Anita Terpstra (b. 1974) studied journalism and art history. In 2009, she made her crime fiction debut with Nachtvlucht (Night Flight), nominated for the Shadow Prize and the Crimezone website’s annual award. After Dierbaar (Beloved, 2011) and Overmand (Overpowered, 2013), her 2014 novel Anders (Different) took her popularity to a new level, a success consolidated two years later by Samen (Together, 2016), a dark story about the disappearance of four women.
(Cargo, 2014, 302 pages)
Rising thriller-writer Anita Terpstra draws here on a true story about a Dutch boy who walked into a Berlin police station a few years ago claiming that his father had held him captive in a forest for years. This later proved to be untrue.
(Cargo, 2018, 286 pages)
The world of ballet might seem an improbable setting for a thriller. But in the hands of Anita Terpstra, the most refined of settings is soon shot through with betrayal and nail-biting suspense. In a world driven by beauty, ambition and athletic prowess, expect danger at every turn.
