Dear Mama
The clever thing about Verhoef’s thrillers is that they never stray far from a familiar, everyday environment, yet her characters always go just that one step further. It’s easy to commit a crime. A vicarious anxiety arises in us as readers and we have to stop ourselves from shouting out, ‘No, don’t do that!’ This is even more the case in her latest bestseller, the award-winning 'Dear Mama'.
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Original title
Lieve mama
Author
Esther Verhoef
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Nothing is what it seems in this thriller. Verhoef ’s greatest achievement lies in the way she allows the story to expand without losing her grip on it.
Jury, Gouden Strop
Getting the reviewer’s adrenaline flowing until deep in the night – that’s craftsmanship.
de Volkskrant
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Esther Verhoef
Esther Verhoef (b. 1968) is one of the Netherlands’ most successful and versatile authors. No other writer of thriller fiction has received and been nominated for as many prizes. Her psychological thrillers and novels have sold almost three million copies in the Netherlands. She also writes under the pseudonym Nova Lee Maier.