- Murder, Police, Martin Beck (Fictitious character), Fiction
"The masterful first novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries ... 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.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö
- First published
- 1967
- Pages
- 248
- Publisher
- Bruna, HarperPerennial, Bantam
- Editions
- 56
- Language
- Dutch, tur, Swedish, German
- ISBN
- 9780007232833
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Swedish writer. Together with her husband [Per Wahlöö](/a/OL1460559A), author of crime novels about detective Martin Beck, using the signature Sjöwall/Wahlöö.
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