A headless body is found in Amsterdam, then another one. A woman falls in front of train at Central Station. A police detective is addicted to drugs and is supplying information to criminals. Cannabis farm raids are going wrong. What links all these crimes together is the forthcoming trial of a Bosnian war criminal.

This is a fast-moving thriller based in Amsterdam and re-acquainting the reader with a group of characters first appearing in Woodhouse's previous novel. I hadn't read that book but I had no problem getting up to speed as there is enough backstory to support. The plot is complex but very clever and there is a terrific twist at the end. Thoroughly enjoyable. ( )