Danny McG
Lid closed, monkey dead.
This is not SSF but is still a legitimate query.
I read it maybe the mid 1980s but it was possibly from a few years earlier.
What I recall of the plot is there's a police chief in, I think, Amsterdam (not Van Der Valk!)
His son or son- in-law is also a cop, some kind of organised criminals (or terrorists) want to carry out their cunning plans but they know this guy could thwart them so they kidnap younger cop's wife to enforce non involvement.
While the family womenfolk gather at the family home and go into hysterics the two cops do immediate resignations, this is because they're now going to operate outside the law.
There is then like a Taken scenario where they follow clues to track down and nail the bad guys and rescue the hostage.
I thought it was an Alistair MacLean or Desmond Bagley but looking through their books it doesn't appear to be, I then tried Jack Higgins and Wilbur Smith but no joy.
Anybody out there recognise this gripping yarn?
I read it maybe the mid 1980s but it was possibly from a few years earlier.
What I recall of the plot is there's a police chief in, I think, Amsterdam (not Van Der Valk!)
His son or son- in-law is also a cop, some kind of organised criminals (or terrorists) want to carry out their cunning plans but they know this guy could thwart them so they kidnap younger cop's wife to enforce non involvement.
While the family womenfolk gather at the family home and go into hysterics the two cops do immediate resignations, this is because they're now going to operate outside the law.
There is then like a Taken scenario where they follow clues to track down and nail the bad guys and rescue the hostage.
I thought it was an Alistair MacLean or Desmond Bagley but looking through their books it doesn't appear to be, I then tried Jack Higgins and Wilbur Smith but no joy.
Anybody out there recognise this gripping yarn?
