Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Sjowall, Maj; Wahloo, Per; Dahl, Arne |
| Publisher: | Vintage Crime/Black Lizard |
| Date: | 6/2/2009 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
The shocking sixth novel
in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationallyrenowned crime writing duo by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck investigatinga brutal assassination. With an introduction by Arne Dahl.
When Viktor Palmgren, a powerful Swedish industrialist isshot during his after-dinner speech in the luxurious Hotel Savoy, it sends a shiverdown the spine of the international money markets and terrifies the tiny town ofMalmo. No one in the restaurant can identify the gunman, and local police are sheepishlybaffled. That’s when Beck takes over the scene and quickly picks through Palmgren’sbackground. What he finds is a web of vice so despicable that it’s hard for him toimagine who wouldn’t want Palmgren dead, but that doesn’t stop him and his team ofdedicated detectives from tackling one of their most intriguing cases yet.
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