Inspector Rykel / Amsterdam Quartet Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| After the Silence | 2014 | Buy |
| Into the Night | 2015 | Buy |
| Before the Dawn | 2017 | Buy |
| The Copycat | 2019 | N/A |
Jake Woodhouse writes crime fiction set in Amsterdam, using the Dutch capital’s distinctive geography and culture as a backdrop for dark, twisting thrillers. His Inspector Rykel series follows Jaap Rykel, a homicide detective whose cases take him through Amsterdam’s criminal layers — from street-level drug dealing to organized crime networks with international reach.
The four-book series — After the Silence, Into the Night, Before the Dawn, and The Copycat — builds in complexity and personal stakes for Rykel. Woodhouse captures Amsterdam as both a beautiful and menacing city, using its canals, neighborhoods, and weather to create atmosphere that rivals Scandinavian crime fiction.