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The lightning-paced fifth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck investigating one of the strangest, most violent, and unforgettable crimes of his career.The incendiary device that blew the roof off a Stockholm apartment not only interrupted the small, peaceful orgy underway inside, it nearly took the lives of the building's eleven occupants. And if one ...

The incredible fourth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Martin Beck heading a major manhunt in pursuit of a mass-murderer. With a new introduction by Jonathan Franzen: "I've read The Laughing Policeman six or eight times. Each time I reach the final twist on the final page, I shiver afresh." On a cold and rainy Stockholm night, nine bus riders are gunned ...

Secondo il parere del maestro del giallo nordico Henning Mankell: "Chi scrive dopo questi romanzi, si ispira a loro, in un modo o nell'altro". "Loro" sono i coniugi Maj Sjöwall e Per Wahlöö che in dieci anni, dal 1965 al 1975, hanno composto il "Decalogo dell'Ispettore Martin Beck", ovvero i dieci romanzi, uno per anno con le inchieste della squadra omicidi di Stoccolma. In Beck c'è assai poco della maniera maigrettiana, o di qualunque maniera...

Maj Sjöwall e Per Wahlöö, compagni nella vita oltre che romanzieri a quattro mani, con la serie di Martin Beck hanno probabilmente inventato il poliziesco procedurale, e certamente sono i caposcuola del giallo alla scandinava. Ma la squadra del commissario, da dietro le cui spalle vediamo svolgersi l'inchiesta, gonfiarsi i casi, risolversi gli intrighi, inscena anche una specie di commedia umana dei vividi anni Sessanta. In questo volume. Rose...

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Martin Beck, il commissario della polizia di Stoccolma, è chiamato a indagare sulla scomparsa di un uomo. Alf Matsson è sparito senza lasciare tracce. È, o era, un giornalista di successo: brutto personaggio, alcolista e attaccabrighe, nessuno rimpiangerebbe la sua presenza o si meraviglierebbe che stesse smaltendo la sbornia in qualche tana. Ma il direttore del giornale dove lavora minaccia un caso internazionale perché l'ultima volta è stato...

Someone is killing young girls in the once-peaceful parks of Stockholm. Police Superintendent Martin Beck has two witnesses: a cold-blooded mugger who won't say much and a three-year-old boy who can't say much.

Nine bus riders have been gunned down in an apparently motiveless crime. But the killer has managed to target one of Becks best detectivesand he, surely, would not have been riding that lethal bus without a reason.

The chilling third novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjwall and Per Wahl, finds Martin Beck, now a superintendent, investigating a series of brutal muggings and child murders.

Someone is killing young girls in the once-peaceful parks of Stockholm. Police Superintendent Martin Beck has two witnesses: a cold-blooded mugger who won't say much and a three-year-old boy who can't say much.

Nine bus riders have been gunned down in an apparently motiveless crime. But the killer has managed to target one of Becks best detectivesand he, surely, would not have been riding that lethal bus without a reason.

In this classic police procedural, the ever-dyspeptic Martin Beck has nothing to be amused about, even though it's Christmastime. ke Stenstrom, a young detective in Beck's squad, has just been killed in an unprecedented mass murder aboard a Stockholm city bus. Was he just in the wrong place at the wrong time, or did he push a murderer too far in his efforts to make a name for himself on the force?

The chilling third -- and breakthrough -- novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo, finds Martin Beck investigating a string of child murders. With an introduction by Jo Nesbo: "Sjöwall and Wahlöö have shoulders that can accomodate all of today's crime writers. And we are all there."In the once peaceful parks of Stockholm, a killer is stalking young girls and disposing their bodies. The city is ...

The striking seventh novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck facing one of the greatest challenges in his professional career.The gruesome murder of a police captain in his hospital room reveals the unsavory history of a man who spent forty years practicing a horrible blend of strong-arm police work and shear brutality. Martin Beck and his colleagues feverishly comb Stockholm for the murderer, a dement...

The stunning eighth installment in the Martin Beck mystery series by the renowned Swedish crime writing duo is a masterful take on a classic locked room mystery. With an introduction by Michael Connelly: "One of the most authentic, gripping, and profound collections of police procedurals ever accomplished." 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 ...

Inspector Beck is packed off to Budapest, where a journalist has vanished without a trace. As he trolls about in the Eastern Europe underworld, he pursues a case whose international boundaries grow with every new clue.

On a July afternoon, the body of a young woman is dredged from a lake. Three months later, all that Inspector Beck knows is that her name is Roseanna and that she could have been strangled by any one of eighty-five people.

In one part of town, a woman robs a bank. In another, a corpse is found shot through the heart in a room locked from within, with no firearm in sight. Although the two incidents appear unrelated, Martin Beck believes otherwise.