George Bracke Thriller #8 – Boomerang

Book George Bracke Thriller #8 – Boomerang

 A blue van ploughs into a group of schoolchildren at Dampoort in Ghent and speeds away.

Several children are critically injured, and the city is shaken by a crime that immediately triggers an intensive manhunt. As investigators follow the trail beyond Belgium, Europol investigator George Bracke is pulled away from a conference in Stockholm and sent to Switzerland to act as liaison between the Ghent and Zurich police.

At the same time, Carl Vingerhoets is quietly preparing a reckoning of his own.

For months he has been watching plumber Ward Ceustermans, a man whose name alone is enough to awaken years of anger. Carl has carefully planned his revenge, convinced that the past must finally be settled.

Then Ceustermans’s blue Ford van attracts the attention of the police investigating the hit-and-run.

Two apparently separate stories begin to collide: the desperate hunt for the driver responsible for a devastating tragedy and a deeply personal vendetta rooted in events that happened years earlier.

George Bracke soon finds himself navigating an investigation in which appearances deceive, old grievances refuse to disappear and one action sets another in motion.

Because the past has a habit of returning.

Like a boomerang.

Boomerang is the eighth George Bracke thriller, following Botero, Tango Mortale, Cold Fire, Kismet, Heavy Water, The Malt Mystery and And Then Nothing More.

Short description

The eighth George Bracke thriller. A devastating hit-and-run at Ghent’s Dampoort becomes entangled with a carefully planned private vendetta, forcing George Bracke into an investigation where the past strikes back.

The novel combines police investigation, international crime, psychological tension and personal revenge, with Ghent once again at the heart of the story.

Each novel in the ten-book series contains a complete investigation and can be read independently, while George Bracke, his family and his colleagues continue to develop throughout the series.

 Stefaan Van Laere is a Belgian author, journalist and publisher who has been writing professionally since 1988. Over more than three decades, he has published fiction and non-fiction across a wide range of genres, including crime, historical fiction, biography, sport, social commentary, food and drink, and technology.

He is the founder and publisher of Partizaan and previously worked as editor-in-chief of Seniorennet.be. He is also a contributor to Boomager, a Belgian platform aimed at readers who approach later life with curiosity, independence and humour.

His books have appeared in Dutch and in translations including English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Italian.

The ten George Bracke thrillers combine police investigation, psychological tension and dry humour with the personal lives of characters who continue to evolve throughout the series.