Detective Stories

What is this story about?

A collection of tightly crafted detective stories set against the backdrop of contemporary Europe — cities watched by cameras, citizens tracked by algorithms, and lives recorded without consent. Each case begins with a crime, but resolves around something far more interesting: the human motive beneath it.

Van Huijstee's detective is not a hero. He is a careful observer — someone who reads people the way others read screens. Through his investigations, we encounter secrets kept out of shame, crimes committed out of desperation, and lies told in the name of love.

These stories are not about justice in the legal sense. They are about understanding — the slow, uncomfortable process of seeing another person fully, including the parts they most want to hide.