Career
In 1991 Klinkhamer"s wife, Hannelore (née Godfrinon), went missing from their home in Hongerige Wolf. The manuscript in question was rejected by his publisher, Willem Donker, as being "too gruesome". Klinkhamer became the primary suspect in the police investigation for the disappearance of Hannelore: he was questioned several times and detained once.
Nevertheless, the investigation yielded no concrete evidence against the writer
Shortly thereafter he was arrested and charged with his wife"s murder, to which he confessed. In 2001 Klinkhamer was sentenced to seven years in prison.
He was released from prison in 2003 for good behavior. Kilinkhamer died in January 2016, aged 78.