The Abominable Man (The Martin Beck series, Book 7)

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The seventh 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.

On a quiet night a high-ranking police officer, Nyland, is slaughtered in his hospital bed, brutally massacred with a bayonet. It's not hard to find people with a motive to kill him; in fact the problem for Detective Inspector Martin Beck is how to narrow the list down to one suspect. But as he investigates Nyland's murder he must confront whether he is willing to risk his life for his job.

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If you havent come across Beck before, youre in for a treat. Guardian

Pick up one bookand you become unhinged. You want to block out a week of your life, lie to your boss, and stay in bed, gorging on one after another. Observer

I have never read a finer police story. Los Angeles Times
The godparents of Scandinavian crime fiction Jo Nesbo

'Some of the most gripping crime fiction ever written' Michael Connelly

If you havent read Sjowall/Wahloo, start now. Sunday Telegraph

Their mysteries dont just read well; they reread even better. Witness, wife, petty cop or crook theyre all real characters even if they get just a few sentences. The plots hold, because theyre ingenious but never inhuman. New York Times

They changed the genre. Whoever is writing crime fiction after these novels is inspired by them in one way or another. Henning Mankell

Author Bio

Maj Sjowall is a poet. She lives in Sweden.