The Laughing Policeman (1968)

This is the first book I read by these authors, a married couple, and although it came out (I think) in 1968, it feels remarkably modern. The crime in question, who killed 9 people on a bus, one of the a police officer? The answer leads them to a very cold case and the realization that the officer killed was close to solving it. More about considence that police work, I liked the characters and the mystery. I will be reading more of these two. ( )

De boeken van Sjöwall en Wahlöö zijn ook bij tweede keer lezen onovertroffen. Een goed verhaal, mooie karakters en fraaie psychologie. Er staan nog vier delen in de boekenkast! ( )

Mystery set in Stockholm, about a policeman that is killed on a bus, along with 6 other people, by an unknown gunman. This murder and an earlier dead case is eventually solved. The policeman in charge is Martin Beck, but the rest of the characters have Swedish names that make the story hard to follow. ( )

A nicely thought out puzzle of a crime, but I was not keen on the portrayal of "nymphomaniacs." It seems such a dated concept, one from earlier than the year 1968 which is the year the book is set in. ( )

Lievemente piu' interessante dei precedenti, ne mantiene tutti i pregi e ne lima qualche difetto. Tra i primi quattro romanzi e' probabile che sia la trama meglio congegnata e meno forzata. Appare piu' in risalto anche la psicologia dei personaggi. ( )