Cop Killer: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (9) - Softcover

Sjowall, Major Maj; Wahloo, Per

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0307390896 ISBN 13: 9780307390899

Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2010

Rare Book

Review:

"The first great series of police thrillers. . . . Truly exciting."--Michael Ondaatje

"The [Martin Beck] series has maintained such a degree of excellence that comparisons are near impossible."--Minneapolis Tribune

"It's hard to think of any other thriller writers (apart from Simenon perhaps) who can capture so much of a society in a couple of hundred pages and yet still hold true to the thriller form."--Sean and Nicci French

"Sjöwall and Wahlöö write unsparingly and unswervingly. . . . Their plots are second to none."--Val McDermid

"Sjöwall and Wahlöö continue to be tops for discriminating crime book readers."--Denver Post

"Ingenious. . . . Their mysteries don't just read well; they reread even better. . . . The writing is lean, with mournful undertones."--The New York Times

"Martin Beck is as always very believable: this, we feel, is what it must mean to be an honest and intelligent policeman in modern Sweden, or anywhere else."--Times Literary Supplement

"In the hands of Wahlöö and Sjöwal . . . the police story - with no loss of suspense or action - [has been] brilliantly fashioned into a sharp instrument for social commentary."--Washington Post

"Edge-of-the-seat suspense."--San Francisco Examiner

About the Author:

Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, her husband and coauthor, wrote ten Martin Beck mysteries. Mr Wahlöö, who died in 1975, was a reporter for several Swedish newspapers and magazines and wrote numerous radio and television plays, film scripts, short stories, and novels. Maj Sjöwall is also a poet.

• Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0307390896
• ISBN 13: 9780307390899
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320