The first book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing.
Martin Beck Reeks
Deze serie volgt een pragmatische rechercheur in de rauwe wereld van Stockholm die complexe misdaden aanpakt. Elke zaak onthult niet alleen de duistere kanten van de menselijke natuur, maar biedt ook scherpe kritiek op de Zweedse samenleving en politiek. De spannende plots worden aangevuld met realistische weergaven van politieonderzoek en psychologische diepgang van de personages, wat het tot een mijlpaal in het genre maakt.
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The Man on the Balcony: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (3)
- 180bladzijden
- 7 uur lezen
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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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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The Fire Engine that Disappeared
- 288bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
Commissioner Martin Beck's associates begin a search for a ladder truck whose disappearance resulted in the death of eleven people.
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When Viktor Palmgren, a powerful industrialist, is casually shot during an after-dinner speech, the repurcussions -- both on the international money markets and on the residents of the small coastal town of Malmo -- are widespread. Chief Inspector Martin Beck is called in to help catch a killer nobody, not even the victim, was able to identify. He begins a systemic search for the friends, enemies, business associates and call girls who may have wanted Palmgren dead -- but in the process he finds to his dismay that he has nothing but contempt for the victim and sympathy for the murderer!
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The Abominable Man
- 288bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
The Seventh Classic Instalment In This Genre-Changing Series Of Novels Featuring Detective Inspector Martin Beck. On A Quiet Night A High-Ranking Police Officer, Nyland, Is Slaughtered In His Hospital Bed, Brutally Massacred With A Bayonet. It'S Not Hard To Find People With A Motive To Kill Him; In Fact The Problem For Detective Inspector Martin Beck Is How To Narrow The List Down To One Suspect. But As He Investigates Nyland'S Murder He Must Confront Whether He Is Willing To Risk His Life For His Job. Written In The 1960S, These Masterpieces Are The Work Of Maj Sjowall And Per Wahloo A Husband And Wife Team From Sweden. The Ten Novels Follow The Fortunes Of The Detective Martin Beck, Whose Enigmatic, Taciturn Character Has Inspired Countless Other Policemen In Crime Fiction. The Novels Can Be Read Separately, But Do Follow A Chronological Order, So The Reader Can Become Familiar With The Characters And Develop A Loyalty To The Series. Each Book Will Have A New Introduction In Order To Help Bring These Books To A New Audience.
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De Gesloten kamer
- 221bladzijden
- 8 uur lezen
De Stockholmse recherche staat voor de bijna onmogelijke taak de moord op een gepensioneerde alleenstaande man op te lossen.
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A woman is found dead in Anderslöv, a small village in southern Sweden. While Martin Beck investigates her murder, his colleague Larsson becomes embroiled in the hunt for two men responsible for the death of a policeman during a shoot out on the open road. Are the two cases related?
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An American senator is visiting Stockholm. A group of terrorists is determined to assassinate him. Detective Inspector Martin Beck is determined to stop them. At the same time, there is the ambiguous case of a young woman on trial, the latest in a long string of bank robberies, and a millionaire porn filmmaker found brutally murdered.
