The abominable man A Martin Beck mystery

Maj Sjöwall, 1935-2020

Book - 2009

"Seventh novel in the Martin Beck mystery series," together known as "The story of crime." "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 sheer 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."

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Subjects
Genres
Detective and mystery fiction
Fiction
Mystery fiction
Published
New York : Vintage Crime / Black Lizard [2009]
Language
English
Swedish
Main Author
Maj Sjöwall, 1935-2020 (author)
Other Authors
Per Wahlöö, 1926-1975 (author), Thomas Teal (translator)
Edition
Second Vintage Crime / Black Lizard edition
Item Description
Introduction, ©2009 ; This translation originally published in a slightly different form in hardcover in the U.S. by Pantheon Books,1972, and by Vintage Books, 1980. -- T.p. verso.
Physical Description
x, 215 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN
9780307390905
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