Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
Martin Beck and his colleagues scour Stockholm for the man who killed the police captain. When Beck's investigation unearths evidence of police corruption, his feelings of shame urge him to take a series of drastic steps.
Review Quotes: "A taut, gripping narrative.... A book you won't--easily--put down."
--Chicago Tribune
"Lively, stylistically taut . . . Sjöwall and Wahlöö changed the genre."-Henning Mankell
"One of the most authentic, gripping and profound collections of police procedurals ever accomplished."-Michael Connelly
"Sjöwall and Wahlöö write unsparingly and unswervingly. . . . Their plots are second to none."-Val McDermid
