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The Fire Engine That Disappeared: 5 (A Martin Beck police mystery) - Softcover
Book 5 of 10: Martin Beck Police Mystery Series
Synopsis
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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Review
‘Superbly well done. It stars the gloomy head of homicide, Martin Beck, and is stunning right up to the last paragraph. The authors are ready for the great Simenon.’ New York Magazine
‘The tale proceeds at a fast clip, inventive and tantalizing as the pieces of the puzzle alternately fit together and fly apart...“The Fire Engine that Disappeared” is downright fascinating.’ Publishers Weekly
'A gripping read, brilliantly plotted and with frequent moments of hilarity or tenderness.' The Guardian
Praise for Sjowall & Wahloo:
‘Plots are interesting as well as realistic, the various homicide men are admirably characterised, and the amused, sarcastic comments on modern Sweden are a delight.’ Sunday Times
‘The writing is elegant and surprisingly humorous – if you haven’t come across Beck before, you’re in for a treat.’ Guardian
‘One of the most authentic, gripping and profound collections of police procedurals ever accomplished.’nMichael Connelly
About the Author
Per Wahlöö was born in Göteborg, the son of Waldemar and Karin (Svensson) Wahlöö. After graduating from the University of Lund in 1946, he worked as a journalist, covering criminal and social issues for a number of newspapers and magazines. In the 1950s Wahlöö was engaged in radical political causes, activities that resulted in his deportation from Franco's Spain in 1957. After returning to Sweden, he wrote a number of television and radio plays, and was managing editor of several magazines, before becoming a full-time writer.
Maj Sjowall is a poet. She lives in Sweden.
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good+. 1st Vintage Printing. Spine slanted with some creasing. Corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy.; Vintage V-340, $1. 65 cover price. Translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate.; Martin Beck; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 218 pages; "The cunning incendiary device that blew the roof off a Stockholm apartment house one cold winter night not only interrupted the small, peaceful orgy underway inside, it nearly took the lives of the building's 11 occupants. And if one of police commissioner Martin Beck's colleagues hadn't been on the scene, the explosion would have led to a major catastrophe since - for reasons nobody could satisfactorily explain - the fire department didn't arrive until too late. How could a regulation-sized ladder truck vanish in the center of Stockholm? 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'?". Seller Inventory # 10171
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paperback. No Jacket. New York. 1977. April 1977. Vintage Books. 1st Vintage Paperback Edition. '1969' Circled on Copyright Page, Otherwise Very Good in Wrappers. 0394723406. Translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate. 219 pages. paperback. V-340. keywords: Mystery Sweden Translated Literature. DESCRIPTION - A dingy Stockholm apartment house under police surveillance blows up in an explosion that kills at least three people. Chief Inspector Martin Beck and his men don't suspect arson or murder until they discover a peculiar circumstance and a link is established with a suicide committed the same day, in which the dead man left a note reading simply 'Martin Beck. ' 'The story is very fast-moving and the characters extremely well-drawn. ' - The Pittsburgh Press. inventory #45599 '1969' Circled on Copyright Page, Otherwise Very Good in Wrappers. Seller Inventory # z45599