Murder at the Savoy: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (6) (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (816 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307390918 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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"So many of the elements that have become integral in the police procedural started life in these ten novels. Their plots are second to none."—Val McDermid “Magically successful, a series of crime novels you shouldn't miss.”—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“One of the most authentic, gripping and profound collection of police procedurals ever accomplished.”—Michael Connelly
Four Stars Good story as a mystery, and as social commentary.. RICHARD said Four Stars. Good book. Average Compared to Roseanna This was my second contact with Sjowall and Wahloo's Martin Beck police detective novels, and while I like the taut no-nonsense style of these novels, I think this one falls quite a bit short of Roseanna. In Murder at the Savoy, a wealthy businessman named Palmgren is shot in the head and killed while addressin
That's when Beck takes over the scene and quickly picks through Palmgren's background. No one in the restaurant can identify the gunman, and local police are sheepishly baffled. What he finds is a web of vice so despicable that it's hard for him to imagine who wouldn't want Palmgren dead, but that doesn't stop him and his team of dedicated detectives from tackling one of their most intriguing cases yet.. The shocking sixth novelin the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck investigating a brutal assassination.When Viktor Palmgren, a powerful Swedish industrialist is shot during his after-dinner speech in the luxurious Hotel Savoy, it sends a shiver down the spine of the international money markets and terrifies the tiny town of Malmo
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 and Per Wahlöö, her husband and coauthor, wrote ten Martin Beck mysteries. Maj Sjöwall is also a poet.