About the Author

Born and raised in Amsterdam, Janwillem van de Wetering moved to South Africa when he was nineteen. After living and working there for six years he went to London, where he studied philosophy for a year. From London he went to Kyoto, Japan, and lived in a Zen monastery for the next two years. His travels next took him to Peru and Colombia in South America where he got married and spent three years. From South America he went to Australia for a year and then returned to Amsterdam. He went into business and joined the Amsterdam Reserve Police Force where he swiftly rose through the ranks. Van de Wetering and his wife moved to Maine ten years ago and still make their home there.

He chronicles his Zen experiences in The Empty Mirror and A Glimpse of Nothingness. Novels in the Amsterdam Cop series include Outsider in Amsterdam, Tumbleweed, The Corpse on the Dike, Death of a Hawker, The Japanese Corpse, The Blond Baboon, The Maine Massacre, The Mind-Murders, The Streetbird, The Rattle-Rat, and Hard Rain. Inspector Saito’s Small Satori introduces us to a new cop, and The Sergeant’s Cat is a collection of short stories. Murder by Remote Control is a mystery told in comic book format.