Grijpstra

He called Grijpstra and myself and three other men and told Grijpstra that he would have to go into the inner city by himself that night.

Tumbleweed Van de Wetering, Janwillem 1976

I'm a longtime fan of the Grijpstra and De Gier stories, and I've always enjoyed their deadpan philosophical humor as well as the fun Van de Wetering had with Grijpstra's grumpiness and De Gier's vanity.

Grim laughs: A question on humor and crime fiction Peter Rozovsky 2010

I discovered Van de Wetering after he'd completed Grijpstra and de Gier series, so I don't know much about how the series was promoted.

The great ball of China Peter Rozovsky 2010

Grijpstra jumped up, slipped on a wet rock, stubbed toes on roots, crashed through ferns and junipers.

Just a Corpse at Twilight Van de Wetering, Janwillem, 1931- 1994

So Grijpstra sang, and he also did his rising press roll, and the flutter on the side of the snare drum, and the mallet work on bells.

Just a Corpse at Twilight Van de Wetering, Janwillem, 1931- 1994

“Not that you sent Ishmael to meet me,” Grijpstra said.

Just a Corpse at Twilight Van de Wetering, Janwillem, 1931- 1994

Help her to tape her conversations with Grijpstra?

Just a Corpse at Twilight Van de Wetering, Janwillem, 1931- 1994

Control must have told him to go, for the plane took off, suddenly and bravely, into an empty sky that connected, Grijpstra reflected, to the rest of the universe, which was nothing really, a void, without coordinates except the lines that man had come up with.

Just a Corpse at Twilight Van de Wetering, Janwillem, 1931- 1994

Grijpstra slept in the lounge, waking up every now and then to listen to Ishmael snore in the seat next to him, or to accept more coffee or candy bars that Ishmael kept getting from machines.

Just a Corpse at Twilight Van de Wetering, Janwillem, 1931- 1994

Grijpstra explained that he was a former cop, now a private detective.

Just a Corpse at Twilight Van de Wetering, Janwillem, 1931- 1994