The Terrorists: A Martin Beck Police Mystery

Sjöwall, Maj and Wahlöö, Perr

ISBN 10: 0394724526 / ISBN 13: 9780394724522

Published by Vintage Books, 1978

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New York. 1978. January 1978. Vintage Books. 1st Vintage Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0394724526. Translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate. 348 pages. paperback. V-452. keywords: Mystery Sweden Translated Literature. DESCRIPTION - First Detective Inspector Martin Beck of the Stockholm National Police is in charge of security for a visiting U.S. senator whom a group of international terrorists is determined to assassinate. At the same time, he becomes involved with the murder of a millionaire porno filmmaker and the misadventures of a young Swedish girl caught in the toils of bureaucratic red tape. As the terrorists move closer to their goal, there is a totally unexpected climax, and Beck himself is faced with what appears to be imminent death. Of all the [Sjöwall-Wahlöö] books, this one may be the tightest in organization and the most suspenseful.' - Newgate Callendar, The New York Times Book Review. inventory #45603. Seller Inventory # z45603

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Terrorists: A Martin Beck Police Mystery

Publisher: Vintage Books

Publication Date: 1978

Binding: paperback

Condition: Very Good in Wrappers

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis:

Martin Beck's attempts to protect an American senator in Stockholm from an international gang of terrorists are interwoven with the murder of a millionaire pornographer and a young woman's entrapment in a maze of police bureaucracy

Review:

Praise for ‘Roseanna’:

‘The writing is elegant and surprisingly humorous – if you haven’t come across Beck before, you’re in for a treat.’ Guardian

‘I have never read a finer police story.’ Los Angeles Times

‘The decalogue about the Swedish Chief Inspector Martin Beck created by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo during the 1960s and 1970s are indeed classic police fiction. They changed the genre. Whoever is writing crime fiction after these novels inspired by them in one way or another.’ Henning Mankell

‘If you haven’t read Sjowall/Wahloo, start now.’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Their mysteries don’t just read well; they reread even better. Witness, wife, petty cop or crook – they’re all real characters even if they get just a few sentences. The plots hold, because they’re ingenious but never inhuman.’ New York Times