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The abominable man

The abominable man

Sjöwall, Maj, 1935-; Wahlöö, Per, 1926-1975

On a quiet night a high-ranking police officer, Nyland, is slaughtered in his hospital bed, brutally massacred with a bayonet. It's not hard to find people with a motive to kill him - in fact, the problem for Detective Inspector Martin Beck is how to narrow the list down to just one suspect

Book . English. Detective and mystery stories. Crime.
New] ed.
Published London : Fourth Estate 2012
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Details

    Statement of responsibility: Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo ; translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal
    ISBN: 0007439172, 9780007439171
    Note: Previous ed. of this translation: 2007.
    Physical Description: vii, 214 p. ; 20 cm.
    Series: A Martin Beck novel
    Subject: Police Sweden Stockholm Fiction.; Beck, Martin (Fictitious character) Fiction.
    Series Title: Martin Beck novel.