A flurry of anonymous letters and two suicides leads Inspector Van der Valk to a mission in Drente where small-town hysteria may just lead to one of the century's most wanted criminals.
Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
Mrs Barkhuis
Miss Lindberg
Berenson
The Mayor
The Mayor's wife
Reinders
Betty Reinders
Betty Reinders's sister
Arlette van der Valk
The Prosecutor
The dairy manager