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The masterful first novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by
the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjowall and Per
Wahloo, finds Beck hunting for the murderer of a lonely traveler.
On a July afternoon, a young woman's body is dredged from Sweden's
beautiful Lake Vattern. With no clues Beck begins an investigation
not only to uncover a murderer but also to discover who the victim
was. Three months later, all Beck knows is that her name was
Roseanna and that she could have been strangled by any one of
eighty-five people on a cruise. As the melancholic Beck narrows the
list of suspects, he is drawn increasingly to the enigma of the
victim, a free-spirited traveler with a penchant for casual sex,
and to the psychopathology of a murderer with a
distinctive--indeed, terrifying--sense of propriety..
The masterful second novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries
by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjowall and
Per Wahloo, finds Beck searching for a well-known Swedish
journalist who has disappeared without a trace.
Inspector Martin Beck of the Stockholm Homicide Squad has his
summer vacation abruptly terminated when the top brass at the
foreign office pack him off to Budapest to search for Alf Matsson,
a well-known Swedish journalist who has vanished. Beck investigates
viperous Eastern European underworld figures and--at the risk of
his life--stumbles upon the international racket in which Matsson
was involved. With the coolly efficient local police on his side
and a predatory nymphet on his tail, Beck pursues a case whose
international implications grow with each new clue.
The stunning eighth installment in the Martin Beck mystery series
by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo is a masterful take on a classic
locked room mystery.
A young blonde in sunglasses robs a bank and kills a hapless
citizen. Across town, a corpse with a bullet shot through its heart
is found in a locked room-with no gun at the scene. The crimes seem
disparate, but to Martin Beck they are two pieces of the same
puzzle, and solving it becomes the one way he can escape the pains
of his failed marriage and the lingering effects of a near-fatal
bullet wound. Exploring the ramifications of egotism and intellect,
luck and accident, this tour de force of detection bears the
unmistakable substance and gravity of real life.
The final novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj Sjowall
and Per Wahloo is a masterful, all consuming tale that rushes
toward a thrilling, unexpected climax.
An American senator is visiting Stockholm and Martin Beck must lead
a team to protect him from an international gang of terrorists.
However, in the midst of the fervor created by the diplomatic
visit, a young, peace-loving woman is accused of robbing a bank.
Beck is determined to prove her innocence, but gets trapped in the
maze of police bureaucracy. To complicate matters a millionaire
pornographer has been bludgeoned to death in his own bathtub.
Filled with the twists and turns and the pulse pounding excitement
that are the hallmarks of the Martin Beck novels, "The Terrorists"
is the stunning conclusion to the incredible series that changed
crime fiction forever.
The shocking ninth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj
Sjowall and Per Wahloo finds Beck investigating parallel cases that
have shocked a small rural community.
In a country town, a woman is brutally murdered and left buried in
a swamp. There are two main suspects: her closest neighbor and her
ex-husband. Meanwhile, on a quiet suburban street a midnight
shootout takes place between three cops and two teenage boys. Dead,
one cop and one kid. Wounded, two cops. Escaped, one kid. Martin
Beck and his partner Lenart Kollberg are called in to investigate.
As Beck digs deeper into the murky waters of the young girl's
murder, Kollberg scours the town for the teenager, and together
they are forced to examine the changing face of crime.
The chilling third novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the
internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjowall and Per
Wahloo, finds Martin Beck investigating a string of child murders.
In the once peaceful parks of Stockholm, a killer is stalking young
girls and disposing their bodies. The city is on edge, and an
undercurrent of fear has gripped its residents. Martin Beck, now a
superintendent, has two possible witnesses: a silent, stone-cold
mugger and a mute three year old boy. With the likelihood of
another murder growing as each day passes, the police force work
night and day. But their efforts have offered little insight into
the methodology of the killer. Then a distant memory resurfaces in
Beck's mind, and he may just have the break he needs.
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