Van In is terug! Hierdie keer het hy net 'n skeenbeen en sy intuïsie om die donker raaisel mee op te los, maar hy moet gou speel.

Dis nie net sy loopbaan wat op die spel is nie, 'n mooi jong meisie is deur sy toedoen in die booswigte se mag.

Daar heers paniek en chaos in die toeristestad Brugge wanneer dit deur ’n reeks skynbaar losstaande misdade geteister word. Tussen die persoonlike besittings van ’n vermoorde Duitse sakeman word ’n vreemde foto van die madonnabeeld van Michelangelo gevind. ’n Bom verniel ’n rukkie later die standbeeld van die digter Guido Gezelle. Dit word ’n uiters moeilike opdrag vir kommissaris Pieter van In wat in hierdie warboel van misdade na die motiewe en oortreders moet soek. Wat het Michelangelo se madonna te doen met die naderende samesmelting van twee toeroperateurs? Wat is die verband tussen ’n onopgeloste bomaanval in 1967 en die skat van die Nibelungen? Die waarheid agter dié feite is gruweliker as wat enigeen kon vermoed.

Nominated for the Hercule Poirot Award: Commissioner Pieter Van In must find the link between members of a satanic conspiracy and a young woman's death A young woman is found dead in the canal outside her Bruges apartment building. But what seems like a clear-cut suicide evolves into something much more complex when Commissioner Pieter Van In uncovers the girl's involvement in a satanic sect. Who is the mysterious Venex, and why does he inspire such devotion from his disciples? Complicating the investigation further, Van In's boss allows beautiful journalist Saartje Maes to profile the case, sparking tension with the commissioner's expectant wife, District Attorney Hannelore Martens. As a horrific tragedy shocks the city, Van In seems to be surrounded by secrets. And though exposing them will lead him to the truth, it will also pit him against the very police force to which he's devoted his life. A Belgian national bestseller, The Fourth Figure has been reprinted in Dutch seventeen times. It is the 4th book in the Pieter Van In Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.