The abominable man a Martin Beck mystery

Sjöwall, Maj 1935- (Author). Wahlöö, Per, 1926-1975 (Added Author). Teal, Thomas. (Added Author).

Summary: "Seventh novel in the Martin Beck mystery series," together known as "The story of crime." "The gruesome murder of a police captain in his hospital room reveals the unsavory history of a man who spent forty years practicing a horrible blend of strongarm police work and sheer brutality. Martin Beck and his colleagues feverishly comb Stockholm for the murderer, a demented and deadly rifleman, who has plans for even more chaos. As the tension builds and a feeling of imminent danger grips Bec, his investigation unearths evidence of police corruption."

Record details

ISBN: 9780307772848 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0307772845 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (188 p.)
Publisher: New York : Vintage Crime / Black Lizard, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Introduction, c2009 ; This translation originally published in a slightly different form in hardcover in the U.S. by Pantheon Books,1972, and by Vintage Books, 1980. -- T.p. verso.
Language Note:	Translated from the Swedish.