The Fourth Figure
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Publisher Description
Nominated for the Hercule Poirot Award: Commissioner Pieter Van In must find the link between members of a satanic conspiracy and a young woman’s death
A young woman is found dead in the canal outside her Bruges apartment building. But what seems like a clear-cut suicide evolves into something much more complex when Commissioner Pieter Van In uncovers the girl’s involvement in a satanic sect. Who is the mysterious Venex, and why does he inspire such devotion from his disciples?
Complicating the investigation further, Van In’s boss allows beautiful journalist Saartje Maes to profile the case, sparking tension with the commissioner’s expectant wife, District Attorney Hannelore Martens. As a horrific tragedy shocks the city, Van In seems to be surrounded by secrets. And though exposing them will lead him to the truth, it will also pit him against the very police force to which he’s devoted his life.
A Belgian national bestseller, The Fourth Figure has been reprinted in Dutch seventeen times. It is the 4th book in the Pieter Van In Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Aspe's busy fourth outing for Commissioner Pieter Van In (after 2015's From Bruges with Love), the cranky, nonconformist Flemish police detective gets almost more than he can handle when the death of a young woman, a possible suicide whose body was found floating in a Bruges canal, leads to multiple homicides and a satanic cult. An attractive journalist, Saartje Maes, gets access to the investigation, much to the dismay of Van In, who hates people looking over his shoulder. Van In's pregnant wife, district attorney Hannelore Martens, is none too happy about Saartje's involvement either. The threads of the case slowly untangle, building to a dramatic confrontation between Van In and Venex, the head of the satanic cult, at the hospital where Hannelore has gone into labor. The scenes involving the cultists have a static feel, but the dynamic Van In keeps the action moving whenever he's onstage.
