Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Sjowall, Maj; Wahloo, Per; Franzen, Jonathan |
| Publisher: | Vintage Crime/Black Lizard |
| Date: | 2/10/2009 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
The incredible fourth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationallyrenowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Martin Beck headinga major manhunt in pursuit of a mass-murderer. With a new introduction by Jonathan Franzen: “I’ve read The Laughing Policeman six or eight times. Each time I reach the final twist on the final page, I shiver afresh.”
On a cold and rainy Stockholm night,nine bus riders are gunned down by a mysterious assassin. The press portrays it asa freak attack and dubs the killer a madman. But Superintendent Martin Beck thinksotherwise—one of his most ambitious young detectives was among those killed—and hesuspects it was more than coincidence. Working on a hunch, Beck seeks out the girlfriendof the murdered detective, and with her help Beck reconstructs the steps that ledto his murder. The police comb the country for the killer, only to find that thisattack may be connected to a case that has been unsolved for years.
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