Laughing Policeman

Name: Laughing Policeman
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)
Author: Per Wahlöö

Auteur: Maj Sjöwall

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Maj Sjöwall Per Wahlöö

Engels
Paperback
9780007439140
01 september 2011
288 pagina's

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The fourth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s – 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.

Written in the 1960s, 10 books completed in 10 years, they are the work of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö – a husband and wife team from Sweden. They follow the fortunes of the detective Martin Beck, whose enigmatic, taciturn character has inspired countless other policemen in crime fiction; without his creation Ian Rankin’s John Rebus or Henning Mankell’s Kurt Wallander may never have been conceived. The novels can be read separately, but are best read in chronological order, so the reader can follow the characters’ development and get drawn into the series as a whole.

On a cold and rainy Stockholm night, nine bus riders are gunned down by an unknown assassin. The press, anxious for an explanation for the seemingly random crime, quickly dubs him a madman. But Martin Beck of the Homicide Squad suspects otherwise: this apparently motiveless killer has managed to target one of Beck’s best detectives – and he, surely, would not have been riding that lethal bus without a reason.

With its wonderfully observed lawmen, its brilliantly rendered felons and their murky Stockholm underworld, and its deftly engineered plot, ‘The Laughing Policeman’ has long been recognised as a classic of the police procedural.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 september 2011
Aantal pagina's: 288
Illustraties: Nee

Betrokkenen

Hoofdauteur: Maj Sjöwall
Tweede Auteur: Per Wahlöö
Hoofduitgeverij: Fourth Estate Ltd

Vertaling

Eerste Vertaler: Alan Blair

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Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 129 mm
Product hoogte: 24 mm
Product lengte: 198 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 133 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 27 mm
Verpakking lengte: 197 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 217 g

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EAN: 9780007439140

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Categorieën: Literatuur & Romans

Thrillers & Spanning

Literaire romans

Detectives

Klassieke misdaadromans

Politiethrillers

Boeken
Taal: Engels
Boek, ebook of luisterboek?: Boek
Onderwerp of thema: Dood & Rouw
Land: Zweden

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Perfect police procedural
- pdoornb
- 6 augustus 2012
Late one night in Stockholm, a double-decker bus crashes hard against a fence. The engine stalls, its lights stay on. A man walking his dog looks inside and minutes later stops a police car. In the next 10+ minutes the patrol cops trample all over the evidence in their search for survivors.
The bus is a bloodbath with 8 deaths and one man badly wounded, hanging on to life. Martin Beck(MB)'s team identifies all victims but one, whose face is shot away and carries no papers. But one of the dead is a close colleague, young Ake Stenström (AS), trained by MB and often criticized by Kollberg. The massacre prompts the biggest manhunt in Swedish police history. With poor results.
The sole survivor uttered a few words before he died. They were recorded and tested in various ways to extract their meaning. But the main question for MB's team is: why was AS in that bus? And who is the faceless man? This is a great police procedural, where the tiniest of clues may be decisive. Personal ambition, reading books about psychology and the art/science of profiling are key inputs in solving this mysterious massacre.
Sjöwall & Wahlöö's 10 novels can be read as stand-alone books. Serious fans reread the series, which sold millions of books worldwide, from start to finish, chronologically to see how the series and its protagonists, and Sweden itself and its law enforcement agencies evolve. Great book.

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