The naked body of a young woman is dredged up from a Swedish canal. She has been sexually assaulted and strangled. But no one has reported her missing and Martin Beck of the Stockholm homicide squad can find no clue to her identity. The investigation, however, soon comes to a troubling conclusion.
The naked body of a young woman is dredged up from a Swedish canal. She has been sexually assaulted and strangled. But no one has reported her missing...
Detective Martin Beck has just begun his holiday on a small island off the coast of Sweden. But when a neighbour gets a phone call, Beck finds himself packed off to Budapest, where a boorish journalist has vanished without a trace.
Detective Martin Beck has just begun his holiday on a small island off the coast of Sweden. But when a neighbour gets a phone call, Beck finds himself...
'The Man on the Balcony' balances the most inhuman of crimes with the humanity of the men who must solve it, resulting in a police procedural that is as moving and credible as it is enthralling.
'The Man on the Balcony' balances the most inhuman of crimes with the humanity of the men who must solve it, resulting in a police procedural that is ...
One blustery November evening someone guns down nine occupants of a Stockholm bus, one of them a colleague of Martin Beck. It appeared to be a random killing, but Beck's investigation would lead him to a different conclusion.
One blustery November evening someone guns down nine occupants of a Stockholm bus, one of them a colleague of Martin Beck. It appeared to be a random ...
A dingy Stockholm apartment house under police surveillance blows up in an explosion that kills at least three people. Martin Beck doesn't suspect arson or murder until he discovers a peculiar link with a suicide that same day.
A dingy Stockholm apartment house under police surveillance blows up in an explosion that kills at least three people. Martin Beck doesn't suspect ars...
A powerful Swedish industrialist is casually shot during an after-dinner speech and Martin Beck is called in to investigate. But in the process he finds he has nothing but contempt for the victim and sympathy for the murderer.
A powerful Swedish industrialist is casually shot during an after-dinner speech and Martin Beck is called in to investigate. But in the process he fin...
Chief Inspector Jensen is a policeman in an unnamed European country where the government has criminalised being drunk. Jensen receives a note instructing him to return home immediately, but when he reaches the airport he discovers that all flights home have been cancelled and all communication from his homeland has ceased.
Chief Inspector Jensen is a policeman in an unnamed European country where the government has criminalised being drunk. Jensen receives a note instruc...
