The Fire Engine That Disappeared - (Martin Beck Police Mystery) 2nd Edition by Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The incendiary device that blows the roof off a Stockholm apartment nearly takes the lives of the building's 11 occupants. Had it been terrorism, suicide, or simply a gas leak? And what does the explosion have to do with a cryptic suicide note that had been found earlier that day?<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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 apartment not only interrupted the small, peaceful orgy underway inside, it nearly took the lives of the building's eleven occupants. And if one of Martin Beck's colleagues hadn't been on the scene, the explosion would have led to a major catastrophe because somehow a regulation fire-truck has vanished. Was it terrorism, suicide, or simply a gas leak? And what if, anything, did the explosion have to do with the peculiar death earlier that day of a 46-year-old bachelor whose cryptic suicide note consisted of only two words: "Martin Beck"?<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A police procedural from the top drawer."--Colin Dexter, from the introduction"Superbly well done. . . . Stunning right up to the last paragraph."--<i>New York </i>Magazine"The first great series of police thrillers. . . . Truly exciting."--Michael Ondaatje"Sjöwall and Wahlöö, beside writers such as Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett and Georges Simenon, have shaped the genre and the reader's expectations as to what crime fiction should be."--Jo Nesbo<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, her husband and coauthor, wrote ten Martin Beck mysteries. Mr Wahlöö, who died in 1975, was a reporter for several Swedish newspapers and magazines and wrote numerous radio and television plays, film scripts, short stories, and novels. Maj Sjöwall is also a poet.
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