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Informationen zum Autor Maj Sjöwall (Author) Maj Sjöwall and her late partner Per Wahlöö created the acclaimed Swedish crime novels featuring Martin Beck. The ten books in the series! written between 1965 and 1975! became international bestsellers and have sold over 10 million copies. Per Wahlöö (Author) Born in 1926! Per Wahlöö was a Swedish writer and journalist who! alongside his own novels! collaborated with his wife! Maj Sjöwall! on the bestselling Martin Beck crime series which are credited as inspiring writers as varied as Agatha Christie! Henning Mankell and Jonathan Franzen. In 1971 the fourth novel in the series! The Laughing Policeman ! won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Per Wahlöö died in 1975. Klappentext The Martin Beck books are widely acknowledged as some of the most influential detective novels ever written. Written by Swedish husband and wife team Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö between 1965-1975! the ten-book series set a gold standard for all subsequent Scandanavian crime fiction. Long before Kurt Wallander or Harry Hole! Beck was the original flawed policeman! working with a motley collection of colleagues to uncover the cruelty and injustice lurking beneath the surface of Sweden's seemingly liberal! democratic society. In The Man on the Balcony! adapted from the third book in the series! someone is killing young girls in the parks of Stockholm. Beck has two witnesses! a mugger who won't say much and a three-year-old boy who can't say much. Can he solve the mystery before the killer strikes again? Translated by Alan Blair and dramatised by Katie Hims. 1 CD. 1 hr. Zusammenfassung The Martin Beck books are widely acknowledged as some of the most influential detective novels ever written. Written by Swedish husband and wife team Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö between 1965-1975! the ten-book series set a gold standard for all subsequent Scandanavian crime fiction. Long before Kurt Wallander or Harry Hole! Beck was the original flawed policeman! working with a motley collection of colleagues to uncover the cruelty and injustice lurking beneath the surface of Sweden's seemingly liberal! democratic society. In The Man on the Balcony ! adapted from the third book in the series! someone is killing young girls in the parks of Stockholm. Beck has two witnesses! a mugger who won't say much and a three-year-old boy who can't say much. Can he solve the mystery before the killer strikes again? Translated by Alan Blair and dramatised by Katie Hims. 1 CD. 1 hr. ...
