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In this chilling installment of “the first great series of police thrillers” (Michael Ondaatje, national bestselling author of Warlight) by an internationally renowned crime duo, superintendent Martin Beck investigates a string of child murders. In the once peaceful parks of Stockholm, a killer is stalking young girls and disposing their bodies. The city is on edge, and an undercurrent of fear has gripped its residents. Martin Beck, now a superintendent, has two possible witnesses: a silent, stone-cold mugger and a mute three year old boy. With the likelihood of another murder growing as each day passes, the police force work night and day. But their efforts have offered little insight into the methodology of the killer. Then a distant memory resurfaces in Beck's mind, and he may just have the break he needs.
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The Man On The Balcony, Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö
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- 1976
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö
- Publisher
- Random House
- Released
- 1976
- Series
- Martin Beck
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, Detective Fiction, Detective, Scandinavian Literature, Sweden, Nordic Noir, Swedish detective stories, Pedophilia
- First published
- 1967
- Original title
- Mannen pa balkongen
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- In this chilling installment of “the first great series of police thrillers” (Michael Ondaatje, national bestselling author of Warlight) by an internationally renowned crime duo, superintendent Martin Beck investigates a string of child murders. In the once peaceful parks of Stockholm, a killer is stalking young girls and disposing their bodies. The city is on edge, and an undercurrent of fear has gripped its residents. Martin Beck, now a superintendent, has two possible witnesses: a silent, stone-cold mugger and a mute three year old boy. With the likelihood of another murder growing as each day passes, the police force work night and day. But their efforts have offered little insight into the methodology of the killer. Then a distant memory resurfaces in Beck's mind, and he may just have the break he needs.