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Loading... The Man on the Balcony: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (3) (Martin Beck Police Mysteries) (original 1967; edition 1967)by Maj Sjowall (Author)
Work InformationThe Man on the Balcony by Maj Sjöwall (1967)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Maybe 3½ stars. Very quick read and despite the gruesome topic (child molestation and murder), not noir at all. ( ) This was a good one. A short, concise detective novel. I didn't even particularly care for any of the characters, Martin Beck was competent and okay as were all the others. Even the case and investigation was rudimentary and somewhat boring (workaday stuff), but the story flowed and didn't waste words. Just an all-round good book. This Martin Beck novel opens slowly with a man watching Stockholm awaken. The police department is working on a series of muggings, when the first in a series of young girls are murdered and raped. The police are getting nowhere on the muggings until help comes from an unexpected source, which triggers a vague memory of Martin's, leading the way to the perp. Liked Jo Nesbo's introduction. Pretty much a downer all the way through as it concerns the rape/murders of young girls. Martin Beck is less the focus of this one, and the plotting--which doesn't exactly seem to be the authors' strength--is weaker in this one. What is stronger is the social commentary, which for the first time in the series takes center stage. There is too much telling here rather than showing, but it is still an effective--and affecting--mystery. Bereits zwei kleine Mädchen wurden in die Parkanlagen gelockt und ermordet. Die Stockholmer Polizei fahndet auf Hochtouren nach dem Sexualstraftäter - doch der Erfolg bleibt aus. Um dem Mörder auf die Spur zu kommen, müssen sich Kommissar Martin Beck und seine Kollegen auf die Hilfe eines Handtaschendiebs verlassen, der in der Nähe des Tatorts eine Frau überfallen und den Triebtäter möglicherweise gesehen hat. Tatsächlich liefert der Mann eine Beschreibung, aber die trifft auf Tausende von Stockholmer Bürgern zu... Dies ist der dritte Band der weltberühmten Serie um den schwedischen Kommissar Martin Beck. In neuer Übersetzung und mit einem Vorwort von Jo Nesbø. Portrait Per Wahlöö, 1926 im schwedischen Lund geboren, machte nach dem Studium der Geschichte als Journalist Karriere. In den fünfziger Jahren ging er nach Spanien und wurde 1956 vom Franco-Regime ausgewiesen. Nach verschiedenen Reisen um die halbe Welt ließ er sich wieder in Schweden nieder und arbeitete dort als Schriftsteller. Per Wahlöö starb 1975 in seiner Heimatstadt. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: In this chilling installment of ??the first great series of police thrillers? (Michael Ondaatje, national bestselling author of Warlight) by an internationally renowned crime duo, superintendent Martin Beck investigates a string of child murders. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)839.7374Literature German literature and literatures of related languages Other Germanic literatures Swedish literature Swedish fiction 1900-1999 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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