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Locked Room

Name: Locked Room
Rating: 4.0 (1 reviews)
Author: Per Wahlöö

Auteur: Maj Sjöwall

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Maj Sjöwall Per Wahlöö

Co-auteur: M. Connelly

Engels
Paperback
9780007439188
05 januari 2012
288 pagina's

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The eighth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s and 70s – the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing.

Hugely acclaimed, the Martin Beck series were the original Scandinavian crime novels and have inspired the writings of Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo.

In one part of town, a woman robs a bank. In another, a corpse is found shot through the heart in a room locked from within, with no firearm in sight. Although the two incidents appear unrelated, Detective Inspector Martin Beck believes otherwise, and solving the mystery acquires the utmost importance. Haunted by a near-fatal bullet wound and trying to recover from the break-up of his unhappy marriage, Beck throws himself into the case to escape from the prison that his own life has come to resemble.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 05 januari 2012
Aantal pagina's: 288
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Maj Sjöwall
Tweede Auteur: Per Wahlöö
Co Auteur: M. Connelly
Hoofduitgeverij: Fourth Estate Ltd

Vertaling

Eerste Vertaler: Paul Britten Austin

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Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 129 mm
Product hoogte: 27 mm
Product lengte: 198 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 150 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 31 mm
Verpakking lengte: 281 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 1087 g

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EAN: 9780007439188

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Categorieën: Literatuur & Romans

Thrillers & Spanning

Detectives

Scandinavische thrillers

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Taal: Engels
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Ode to Edgar Alan Poe and Georges Simenon
- pdoornb
- 10 augustus 2012
After 15 months on sick leave, Martin Beck (MB) returns to work and is given a weeks-old case file, almost as a welcoming gift. Understaffing has made it a cold case. What MB reads: a complaint about a prurient smell. A patrol car responds and its two occupants first engage a locksmith, then violently enter a small apartment barricaded from the inside. The source of the stench is a 62-year old man. The autopsy report says death was caused by a bullet. Everything suggests suicide. But no weapon was found in the closed room. This is where MB picks up the case, zooming in on the victim, his past and a motive for killing him.
The series' early focus on pure police investigation slowly gave way to drawing attention to social issues. But it also made S&W famous as founders of the Scandinavian school of crime writing. From book 3, two lazy dimwits have personified Sweden's uniformed police. In this book the virus of incompetence has clearly spread to the top echelons. Again, S&W's ranting against the failings of the Swedish welfare state distract fans of pure police procedurals. But happily, there is a second story line about a crew of bank robbers, who have now killed a person. Stockholm police high command believes it has the gang under total surveillance. It keeps the book readable. And there is even a third story line about MB himself.
Many twists and turns towards the end. Brilliant solo sleuthing by MB, who during his quest finds a new lady friend. The solution of the murders and the mystery of the closed room are best left to readers to discover, in addition to the moral outcome of this brisk novel, which is dark.

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