<< Nicholas Freeling, to the dismay of many, killed off
his very
personable Dutch policeman, Van der Valk, after a ten-year
run. He
replaced him with his widow, Arlette, who was featured in (I
think) one
more novel, "The Widow." Then Freeling went on to create a
more
conventional French policeman, Henri Castang, in a new
series. >>
Castang's "conventional"? ;-j
Arlette appears as the protagonist in a second novel called
(hold onto your
hats!) _Arlette_. I've read somewhere, or been told in
conversation, or
something that there is even a _third_ Arlette novel out
there. But I can't
confirm that.
Arlette is not a cop though. She's a therapist of a sort. She
feels really,
really responsible for her clients. So when there's trouble .
. .
I prefer the Castangs to the Arlettes, so I'm not sad
Freeling switched
protags again, though I have no insight as to why he pulled
the switch.
Perhaps he prefers cops?
Cheers,
myshmysh
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