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Title details for The Abominable Man by Maj Sjowall - Available

The Abominable Man

by Maj Sjowall
Per Wahloo
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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 practicing a horrible blend of strong-arm police work and shear brutality. Martin Beck and his colleagues feverishly comb Stockholm for the murderer, a demented and deadly rifleman, who has plans for even more chaos. As the tension builds and a feeling of imminent danger grips Beck, his investigation unearths evidence of police corruption. That’s when an even stronger sense of responsibility and something like shame urge him into taking a series of drastic steps, which lead to a shocking disaster.
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Series: Martin Beck Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: November 3, 2010

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780307772848
  • Release date: November 3, 2010

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780307772848
  • File size: 3114 KB
  • Release date: November 3, 2010

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Fiction Mystery Thriller

Languages

English

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 practicing a horrible blend of strong-arm police work and shear brutality. Martin Beck and his colleagues feverishly comb Stockholm for the murderer, a demented and deadly rifleman, who has plans for even more chaos. As the tension builds and a feeling of imminent danger grips Beck, his investigation unearths evidence of police corruption. That’s when an even stronger sense of responsibility and something like shame urge him into taking a series of drastic steps, which lead to a shocking disaster.
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Fiction Mystery Thriller