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 traveler.On a July afternoon, a young woman’s body is dredged from Sweden’s beautiful Lake Vattern. With … Vattern. With no clues Beck begins an investigation not only to uncover a murderer but also to discover who the victim was. Three months later, all Beck knows is that her name was Roseanna and that she could have been strangled by any one of eighty-five people on a cruise. As the melancholic Beck narrows the list of suspects, he is drawn increasingly to the enigma of the victim, a free-spirited traveler with a penchant for casual sex, and to the psychopathology of a murderer with a distinctive–indeed, terrifying–sense of propriety.
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A will written easy to enjoy period piece. Although it is 70 years old, it reads as though it is current–with one exception, everyone smokes.
The first book in the great Scandinavian noir genre. Written in the early sixties. Interesting to look back on a time when everyone smoked! And wherever they wanted to.
The book is about a very independent American woman who goes on a European tour by herself, and what happens to her. The material is not dated, it could happen today and does. …
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Excellent book. Looks like an unsolvable murder