Per Wahloo: 15 books
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
A Martin Beck Police Mystery (2)
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
The masterful second novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renowned crime writing duo, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck searching Budapest for a well-known Swedish journalist who has disappeared without a trace. With an introduction by Val McDermid: "So...
Murder at the Savoy
A Martin Beck Police Mystery (6)
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
The shocking sixth novelin the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck investigating a brutal assassination. With an introduction by Arne Dahl.
When Viktor Palmgren, a powerful Swedish industrialist is shot during...
The Fire Engine that Disappeared
A Martin Beck Police Mystery (5)
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
The lightning-paced fifth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck investigating one of the strangest, most violent, and unforgettable crimes of his career.The incendiary device that blew the roof off a Stockholm...
The Terrorists
A Martin Beck Police Mystery (10)
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
The final novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö is a masterful, all consuming tale that rushes toward a thrilling, unexpected climax. With a new introduction by Dennis Lehane: "Tension so thick the reader could crack a tooth."
An American senator is...
Roseanna
A Martin Beck Police Mystery (1)
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2010
With a New Introduction by Henning Mankell. The masterful first novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ("the best writers of police procedurals in the world"), finds Beck hunting for the murderer of a lonely...
The Laughing Policeman
A Martin Beck Police Mystery (4)
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
The incredible fourth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Martin Beck heading a major manhunt in pursuit of a mass-murderer. With a new introduction by Jonathan Franzen: "I've read The Laughing Policeman...
Cop Killer
A Martin Beck Police Mystery (9)
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
The shocking ninth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö finds Beck investigating parallel cases that have shocked a small rural community.
In a country town, a woman is brutally murdered and left buried in a swamp. There are two main suspects: her closest neighbor...
by Per Wahloo
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
From Per Wahlöö—co-author with his wife, Maj Sjöwall, of the internationally bestselling Martin Beck series of mysteries—comes a political satire, told as a court transcript, about the court-martial of a general gone rogue.
Time: the not too distant future. Place: a small island in the...
by Per Wahloo
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
From Per Wahlöö—co-author with his wife, Maj Sjöwall, of the internationally bestselling Martin Beck series of mysteries—comes a novel about a political assassination in South America, and unassuming diplomat is chosen to take his place.
The Provincial Resident of a desolate province in...
by Per Wahloo
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
From Per Wahlöö—co-author with his wife, Maj Sjöwall, of the internationally bestselling Martin Beck series of mysteries—comes a suspense novel about a former German soldier wanted for questioning about a murder in Spain.
Willi Mohr--former German soldier, starving artist, enigmatic drifter--is...
The Abominable Man
A Martin Beck Police Mystery (7)
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
The striking seventh novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck facing one of the greatest challenges in his professional career.
The gruesome murder of a police captain in his hospital room reveals the unsavory history of a man who spent forty years...
The Locked Room
A Martin Beck Police Mystery (8)
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
The stunning eighth installment in the Martin Beck mystery series by the renowned Swedish crime writing duo is a masterful take on a classic locked room mystery. With an introduction by Michael Connelly: "One of the most authentic, gripping, and profound collections of police procedurals ever...
The Man on the Balcony
A Martin Beck Police Mystery (3)
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
The chilling third -- and breakthrough -- novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo, finds Martin Beck investigating a string of child murders. With an introduction by Jo Nesbo: "Sjöwall and Wahlöö have shoulders that can accomodate all of today's...
by Per Wahloo
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
In an unnamed country, in an unnamed year sometime in the future, Chief Inspector Jensen of the Sixteenth Division is called in after the publishers controlling the entire country's newspapers and magazines receive a threat to blow up their building, in retaliation for a murder they are accused of...
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