When I first read his books, I thought they were a great passtime, nothing more. But recently I've come to the conclusion they're better than that. Aspe often makes fun of the establishment and a lot of fine jokes are mixed in between the plot. Talking about the plot, it becomes better book after book.
The main characters are Van In, Versavel, Hannelore Martens and Carine/Saskia. Van In is an older police officer, needing to find money to pay off his mortgage. He likes to smoke and is even fonder of beer. His prefered drink is Duvel (brewery Moortgat). His best friend and assistent at work is Guido Versavel, a gay man who has a sharp mind and is the only one who can calm down Van In when he has a temper. The other assistant is - in the first books - Carine Neels, who is in love with Van In. Later on she dies of cancer and is replaced by Saskia.
During his first case, Van In meets the young new district attorney Hannelore Martens. By the end of the book they are a couple because Hanne quite unexpectedly falls in love with grudgy Van In. They soon get twins, Sarah and Simon, then marry and later on have another baby.
The Van In mysteries are not only available in Dutch language, but are also translated into French, Italian, Russian, English and South-African. To my knowledge, already the first four novels in the series are available on Amazon in English.
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