Nicolas Freeling

King of the Rainy Country

originally published:

1966

awards:

  • Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel(1967)

reference info

bio notes:
born: 3/3/1927
died: 7/20/2003
born as: Nicolas Davidson

Mystery author, creator of the Dutch police Inspector Piet Van der Valk and whose 1966 novel King of the Rainy Country won an Edgar Award.