Pieter Aspe candid: “I drank to forget misery”

With 3.5 million books sold in 25 years, Pieter Aspe (67) – born Pierre Aspeslag – can rightly call himself a successful author thanks to the books about supervisory director Van In. But life has also been hard. With financial problems, alcohol and sexual excesses after the death of muse Bernadette. “I’m not that for ‘friends with benefits’. Paid employees are simple: you call and you pay, ”he says in his new biography.

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