The final 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. An American senator is visiting Stockholm. A group of terrorists is determined to assassinate him. Detective Inspector Martin Beck is determined to stop them. At the same time, there is the ...
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The final 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. An American senator is visiting Stockholm. A group of terrorists is determined to assassinate him. Detective Inspector Martin Beck is determined to stop them. At the same time, there is the ambiguous case of a young woman on trial, the latest in a long string of bank robberies plaguing the city, and the mysterious circumstances of a millionaire porn filmmaker found brutally murdered at his mistress' house. Will Beck be able to manage each unravelling case and prevent further atrocities, even when his own life is put on the line?
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. 1976. First Edition ~1st Printing. Hardcover. First American edition. Cloth, dj. 8vo. 281 pp. Moderate shelf wear to dust jacket. Spine very slightly cocked. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Fiction).
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Good in Very Good-Near Fine jacket. Book 1st American edition, so stated, November 1976. Marroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine very bright. Very tiny stain at front endpaper, else near fine in dust jacket, darkened along edges, small damp stain at bottom, lightly soiled, not price clipped, $7.95 price intact, in protective mylar cover. Dust jacket artwork by James Barkley. The final novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. An American senator is visiting Stockholm and Martin Beck must lead a team to protect him from an international gang of terrorists. However, in the midst of the fervor created by the diplomatic visit, a young, peace-loving woman is accused of robbing a bank. Beck is determined to prove her innocence, but gets trapped in the maze of police bureaucracy. To complicate matters a millionaire pornographer has been bludgeoned to death in his own bathtub. Filled with the twists and turns and the pulse pounding excitement that are the hallmarks of the Martin Beck novels.