The Terrorists (The Martin Beck series, Book 10)

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

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

The godparents of Scandinavian crime fiction Jo Nesbo

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

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

I have never read a finer police story. Los Angeles Times

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

Author Bio

Maj Sjowall is a poet. She lives in Sweden.