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"Undercover" is a riveting thriller set in the Flemish Ardennes.

One Saturday morning, Nausikaä Vleugels is kidnapped at the Donkvijver in Oudenaarde. Nausikaä is the daughter of Adelbrecht Vleugels, an eloquent politician who has fought his way to the top of political life in the Flemish Ardennes with fierce statements. Vleugels counts fervent supporters as well as fierce opponents. No ransom is demanded. But the kidnappers immediately refer in their requisition message to the Oudenaard cult poet Joti T'Hooft. Then the bizarre society of rose-colored glasses sends the police puzzling messages, which contain literary references that may lead to Nausikaä.
Federal Police Chief Inspector John Six, himself a great lover of literature, bites into the riddles. But when he finds one of Nausikaä's phalanges, he is shocked.
heart. Are they dealing with a psychopath? A second kidnapping also already seems to point in that direction.

Together with Marlies Dewolf, his right-hand man, and with Ilse Waeterloos of the lab, Six tries to work his way through the tangle of intrigue. Nothing is what it seems and no one seems to be telling the full truth. The violent death of Adelbrecht's first wife.
Wings, the gruesome secret of a former teacher and the strained relations between the couple's neighbors eventually offer him an insight into the staggering truth.

Fans of suspenseful thrillers with intriguing plot twists will definitely enjoy this book.

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Appears 11/05/23