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The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (2)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (2)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

The masterful second novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renowned crime writing duo, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck searching Budapest for a well-known Swedish journalist who has disappeared without a trace. With an introduction by Val McDermid: "So many of the elements that have become integral...in the police procedural subgenre started life in these ten novels....Their plots are second to none." 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.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0307744264

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9780307744265

The Locked Room

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (8)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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The Locked Room

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (8)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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 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.

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338

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0307772837

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9780307772831

The Terrorists

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (10)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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The Terrorists

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (10)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

The final novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö is a masterful, all consuming tale that rushes toward a thrilling, unexpected climax. With a new introduction by Dennis Lehane: "Tension so thick the reader could crack a tooth." 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.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0307744337

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9780307744333

The Laughing Policeman

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (4)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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The Laughing Policeman

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (4)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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 down by a mysterious assassin. The press portrays it as a freak attack and dubs the killer a madman. But Superintendent Martin Beck thinks otherwise—one of his most ambitious young detectives was among those killed—and he suspects it was more than coincidence. Working on a hunch, Beck seeks out the girlfriend of the murdered detective, and with her help Beck reconstructs the steps that led to his murder. The police comb the country for the killer, only to find that this attack may be connected to a case that has been unsolved for years.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0307744280

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9780307744289

Roseanna

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (1)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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Roseanna

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (1)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

With a New Introduction by Henning Mankell. The masterful first novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ("the best writers of police procedurals in the world"), 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.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0307772810

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9780307772817

Roseanna (The Martin Beck series, Book 1)

By: Maj Sjöwall,Per Wahlöö

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Roseanna (The Martin Beck series, Book 1)

By: Maj Sjöwall,Per Wahlöö

Roseanna is the first book in the hugely acclaimed Martin Beck series: the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime fiction and influenced writers from Stieg Larrson to Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell to Lars Kepplar.

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HarperCollins UK

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0007324375

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9780007324378

Cop Killer

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (9)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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Cop Killer

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (9)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

The shocking ninth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö 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.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0307744329

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9780307744326

The Fire Engine that Disappeared

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (5)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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The Fire Engine that Disappeared

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (5)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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 of Martin Beck's colleagues hadn't been on the scene, the explosion would have led to a major catastrophe because somehow a regulation fire-truck has vanished. Was it terrorism, suicide, or simply a gas leak? And what if, anything, did the explosion have to do with the peculiar death earlier that day of a 46-year-old bachelor whose cryptic suicide note consisted of only two words: "Martin Beck"?

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0307744299

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9780307744296

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (2)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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A Martin Beck Police Mystery (2)

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0307744264

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9780307744265

The Man on the Balcony

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (3)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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The Man on the Balcony

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (3)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

In this chilling installment of “the first great series of police thrillers” (Michael Ondaatje, national bestselling author of Warlight) by an internationally renowned crime duo, superintendent Martin Beck investigates 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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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0307744272

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9780307744272

Murder at the Savoy

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (6)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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Murder at the Savoy

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (6)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

The shocking sixth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck investigating a brutal assassination. With an introduction by Arne Dahl. When Viktor Palmgren, a powerful Swedish industrialist is shot during his after-dinner speech in the luxurious Hotel Savoy, it sends a shiver down the spine of the international money markets and terrifies the tiny town of Malmo. No one in the restaurant can identify the gunman, and local police are sheepishly baffled. That's when Beck takes over the scene and quickly picks through Palmgren's background. What he finds is a web of vice so despicable that it's hard for him to imagine who wouldn't want Palmgren dead, but that doesn't stop him and his team of dedicated detectives from tackling one of their most intriguing cases yet.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0307390918

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9780307390912

The Abominable Man

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (7)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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The Abominable Man

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (7)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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 demented and deadly rifleman, who has plans for even more chaos. As the tension builds and a feeling of imminent danger grips Beck, his investigation unearths evidence of police corruption. That’s when an even stronger sense of responsibility and something like shame urge him into taking a series of drastic steps, which lead to a shocking disaster.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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030739090X

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9780307390905

The Terrorists

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (10)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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The Terrorists

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (10)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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0307390888

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9780307390882

Roseanna

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (1)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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A Martin Beck Police Mystery (1)

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0307772810

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9780307772817

The Abominable Man

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (7)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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A Martin Beck Police Mystery (7)

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0307772845

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The Laughing Policeman

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (4)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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The Laughing Policeman

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (4)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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9780307390509

The Fire Engine that Disappeared

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (5)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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A Martin Beck Police Mystery (5)

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The Laughing Policeman

By: Maj Sjöwall,Per Wahlöö

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The Laughing Policeman

By: Maj Sjöwall,Per Wahlöö

With its wonderfully observed lawmen (including the inimitable Martin Beck), its brilliantly rendered felons and their murky Stockholm underworld, and its deftly engineered plot, The Laughing Policeman is a classic of the police procedural and "must reading for anyone who claims to be Ýa student ̈ of the best detective fiction" ("Saturday Review").

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Macmillan Reference USA

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0816157677

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9780816157679

Cop Killer

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (9)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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A Martin Beck Police Mystery (9)

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9780307744326

Murder at the Savoy

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (6)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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A Martin Beck Police Mystery (6)

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Murder at the Savoy

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (6)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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A Martin Beck Police Mystery (6)

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The Man on the Balcony

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (3)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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A Martin Beck Police Mystery (3)

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The Laughing Policeman

A Martin Beck Police Mystery (4)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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A Martin Beck Police Mystery (4)

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A Darker Shade of Sweden

Original Stories by Sweden's Greatest Crime Writers

By: John-Henri Holmberg

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A Darker Shade of Sweden

Original Stories by Sweden's Greatest Crime Writers

By: John-Henri Holmberg

Stories by Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, and over a dozen other masters of Nordic noir: “A wonderful collection” (Camilla Lӓckberg). Ever since Stieg Larsson shone a light on Swedish crime writing with his Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, readers around the world have devoured fiction by Scandinavian masters of suspense. A Darker Shade of Sweden includes an assortment of outstanding crime fiction—never before published in English and in some cases brand-new to this volume—from Larsson and a wide range of other talents including Henning Mankell, the creator of Kurt Wallander; Åsa Larsson; Eva Gabrielsson; Inger Frimansson; Åke Edwardson; Sara Stridsberg; Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö; and more. Also included is an introduction by Edgar nominee John-Henri Holmberg, exploring the history of these stellar authors and their contributions to crime writing. “Gripping. . . . These unsettlingly dark tales reaffirm the dominance of Swedish writers with original crime fiction.” —The Sun (UK)

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Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

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0802192440

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9780802192448

The Locked Room (The Martin Beck series, Book 8)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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The Locked Room (The Martin Beck series, Book 8)

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The eighth classic instalment in this genre-changing series of novels starring Detective Inspector Martin Beck. This new edition has an introduction by Michael Connolly.

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000732345X

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9780007323456

The Man on the Balcony (The Martin Beck series, Book 3)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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The Man on the Balcony (The Martin Beck series, Book 3)

By: Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

The third book in the hugely acclaimed Martin Beck series: the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime fiction and influenced writers from Stieg Larrson to Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell and Lars Kepplar.

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