Description

Douwe Scherjoen was a well-to-do livestock seller in the distant Dutch province of Friesland. Subsequently his corpse was discovered, half-charred by flames, flying in a dory in Amsterdam's harbor. No body understands why he was in the country's capital, not even close to the rustic delights of his local town of Dingjum. But because Grijpstra is Friesian by delivery and may comprehend the language, he and his companion de Gier are dispactched to obtain the killer—or at-least the reason for the offense.