Description: Nine bus riders have been gunned down in an apparently motiveless crime. But the killer has managed to target one of Becks best detectivesand he, surely, would not have been riding that lethal bus without a reason.
Brief description:
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, wife and husband team, wrote ten Martin Beck mysteries, virtually creating the modern police procedural. In addition to the many short stories and novels he wrote, Mr. Wahlöö, who died in 1975, wrote numerous radio and television plays and was a reporter for several Swedish newspapers and magazines. Maj Sjöwall is also a journalist and poet. She lives in Sweden.
Review Quotes:
"A tantalizing, intricate tale."
-- "New York Times Book Review"