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Cop Killer - The Story of a Crime

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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The Abominable Man

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

When the investigation into the murder of a police captain exposes an unsavory history of police brutality and corruption, the outraged Martin Beck is driven toward a series of drastic…

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Roseanna: A Martin Beck Mystery

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

Steven Mackintosh stars as Martin Beck, with Neil Pearson as Lennart Kollberg, in this BBC Radio 4 dramatization of Roseanna, translated by Lois Roth and dramatized by Jennifer Howarth.

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Roseanna: A Martin Beck Mystery

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

Steven Mackintosh stars as Martin Beck, with Neil Pearson as Lennart Kollberg, in this BBC Radio 4 dramatization of Roseanna, translated by Lois Roth and dramatized by Jennifer Howarth.

In…

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Murder at the Savoy

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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…

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Roseanna

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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…

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The Terrorists

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

The final classic installment in the excellent Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s and 70s – the novels that have inspired all crime fiction written ever since.

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The Terrorists: A Martin Beck Police Mystery

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

This grand finale to the Martin Beck mystery series centers on the visit of an American senator to Stockholm, as Martin Beck tries to protect him from an international gang…

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Cop Killer: A Martin Beck Police Mystery

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

In a Swedish country town, a woman is brutally murdered and left buried in a swamp. On a quiet suburban street, a midnight shoot-out takes place between three cops and…

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Roseanna

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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…

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Cop Killer

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

The thrilling ninth classic installment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s – the novels that have inspired all crime fiction written ever since.

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The Abominable Man

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

When the investigation into the murder of a police captain exposes an unsavory history of police brutality and corruption, the outraged Martin Beck is driven toward a series of drastic…

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The Abominable Man

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

When the investigation into the murder of a police captain exposes an unsavory history of police brutality and corruption, the outraged Martin Beck is driven toward a series of drastic…

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Murder at the Savoy

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

When a powerful industrialist is casually shot during an after-dinner speech, the repercussions are widespread. As Martin Beck investigates, he discovers that he has nothing but contempt for the victim…

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The Fire Engine That Disappeared

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

An apartment under police surveillance explodes, killing at least three people. Martin Beck doesn’t suspect arson or murder until he discovers a suicide note from the same day, consisting of…

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The Locked Room

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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…

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The Locked Room

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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…

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The Abominable Man: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (7)

Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

Martin Beck and his colleagues scour Stockholm for the man who killed the police captain. When Beck’s investigation unearths evidence of police corruption, his feelings of shame urge him to…

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Murder at the Savoy: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (6)

Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

After Viktor Palmgren, a powerful Swedish industrialist, is murdered, Beck is assigned to investigate. What he finds is a web of vice so despicable that it’s hard to imagine who…

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The Fire Engine that Disappeared: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (5)

Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

The incendiary device that blows the roof off a Stockholm apartment nearly takes the lives of the building’s 11 occupants. Had it been terrorism, suicide, or simply a gas leak…

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The Locked Room: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (8)

Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

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…

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Cop Killer: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (9)

Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

The shocking penultimate novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Sjwall and Wahl finds Beck investigating parallel cases that have shocked a small community. After a woman is brutally…

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The Terrorists: A Martin Beck Mystery

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo,BBC Radio 4

The final novel in the Martin Beck mystery series is a masterful, all-consuming tale that rushes toward a thrilling, unexpected climax. Beck leads a team to protect an American senator…

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The Locked Room a Martin Beck Mystery

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo,BBC Radio 4

Steven Mackintosh stars as dogged, dyspeptic detective Martin Beck, with Neil Pearson as his friend and colleague Lennart Kollberg, in this BBC Radio 4 dramatization of The Locked Room.

The…

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The Fire Engine That Disappeared: A Martin Beck Mystery

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo,BBC Radio 4

Steven Mackintosh stars as Martin Beck, with Neil Pearson as Lennart Kollberg, in this BBC Radio 4 dramatization of The Fire Engine that Disappeared, translated by Joan Tate and dramatized…

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The Laughing Policeman: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (4)

Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

The incredible fourth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series finds Beck heading a major manhunt in pursuit of a mass murderer.

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The Man Who Went Up in Smoke: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (2)

Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

Vintage announces the re-launch of the Martin Beck Police Mystery series, with new jackets and fresh introductions from some of the biggest names in Crime Fiction today. All ten books…

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The Man on the Balcony: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (3)

Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Mystery, the chilling third novel in the Martin Beck series finds Beck investigating a string of brutal muggings and child murders.

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The Terrorists: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (10)

Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

The final novel in the Martin Beck mystery series is a masterful, all-consuming tale that rushes toward a thrilling, unexpected climax. Beck leads a team to protect an American senator…

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Roseanna: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (1)

Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

Vintage announces the re-launch of the Martin Beck Police Mystery series, with new jackets and fresh introductions from some of the biggest names in Crime Fiction today. All ten books…

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Murder at the Savoy

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

When a powerful industrialist is casually shot during an after-dinner speech, the repercussions are widespread. As Martin Beck investigates, he discovers that he has nothing but contempt for the victim…

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The Fire Engine That Disappeared

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

An apartment under police surveillance explodes, killing at least three people. Martin Beck doesn’t suspect arson or murder until he discovers a suicide note from the same day, consisting of…

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The Fire Engine That Disappeared: The Story of a Crime

Major Maj Sjowall,Per Wahloo

An apartment under police surveillance explodes, killing at least three people. Martin Beck doesn’t suspect arson or murder until he discovers a suicide note from the same day, consisting of…

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The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

Maj Sjowall, Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel,Per Wahloo

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…

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The Man Who Went Up in Smoke: A Martin Beck Police Mystery

Maj Sjowall, Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel,Per Wahloo

The Martin Beck mysteries dont just read well; they reread even betterIngenious.New York Times Book Review

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The Laughing Policeman

Maj Sjowall, Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel,Per Wahloo

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…

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The Man on the Balcony

Maj Sjowall, Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel,Per Wahloo

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…

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The Man on the Balcony

Maj Sjowall, Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel,Per Wahloo

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…

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The Man on the Balcony

Maj Sjowall, Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel,Per Wahloo

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…

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The Laughing Policeman

Maj Sjowall, Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel,Per Wahloo

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…

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The Laughing Policeman

Maj Sjowall, Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel,Per Wahloo

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…

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Roseanna

Maj Sjoewall,Per Wahloeoe

The first book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing.

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Cop Killer

Maj Sjoewall,Per Wahloeoe

The ninth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s and 70s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing.

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The Terrorists

Maj Sjoewall,Per Wahloeoe

The final book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s and 70s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing.

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The Laughing Policeman

Maj Sjoewall,Per Wahloeoe

The fourth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing.

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The Abominable Man

Maj Sjoewall,Per Wahloeoe

The seventh book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s and 70s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing.

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The Locked Room

Maj Sjoewall,Per Wahloeoe

The eighth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s and 70s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing.

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