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     Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, wife and husband team, wrote ten Martin Beck mysteries, virtually creating the modern police procedural. In addition to the many short stories and novels he wrote, Mr. Wahlöö, who died in 1975, wrote numerous radio and television plays and was a reporter for several Swedish newspapers and magazines. Maj Sjöwall is also a journalist and poet. She lives in Sweden.

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     Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, wife and husband team, wrote ten Martin Beck mysteries, virtually creating the modern police procedural. In addition to the many short stories and novels he wrote, Mr. Wahlöö, who died in 1975, wrote numerous radio and television plays and was a reporter for several Swedish newspapers and magazines. Maj Sjöwall is also a journalist and poet. She lives in Sweden.

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   • fileAs: Weiner, Tom
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     Colin Dexter lives in Oxford. He has won many Crime Writers' Association awards for his novels and in 1997 was presented with the Cartier Diamond Dagger for outstanding services to crime literature. His story "Evans Tries an O-Level" won the 1996 Macavity Award for Best Short Story.

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Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Buck 50 Productions, LLC

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2009-06-02T00:00:00Z

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The Fire Engine That Disappeared

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Gunvald Larsson sits carefully observing the dingy Stockholm apartment of a man under police surveillance. He looks at his watch: nine minutes past eleven in the evening. At that same moment, the house explodes, killing at least three people. Chief Inspector Martin Beck and his men don't suspect arson or murder until they discover a peculiar circumstance linking the explosion to a suicide committed that same day. The dead man left a note consisting of just two words: Martin Beck.

This is the excellent fifth installment of the genre-pioneering Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s, widely recognized as the greatest masterpieces of crime fiction ever written.

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   • source: Michael Ondaatje
   • content: "The first great series of police thrillers.... Sjöwall and Wahlöö caught the color of the political times and are above all truly exciting."
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   • content: The husband-and-wife team of Wahlšš and Sjšwall have been compared to Simenon, Hammett, and Chandler, and rightly so. Homicide Bureau Chief Martin Beck carries out methodical police work in 1960s Sweden. Narrator Tom Weiner expertly captures Beck, who's always referred to as Martin Beck, and his cohorts and criminals. Weiner's best portrayals are those of Beck himself and Gunwald Larsson, a character who provides a bit of comedy. A glimpse into family life is provided when Beck visits his mother in a nursing home. Weiner captures her perfectly, and it's fun to see how much Beck is like her. An added bonus is the introduction, which discusses the authors, their humor, and their politics. This is perfect for the discerning audience. S.G.B. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

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1. • value: Fiction
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Gunvald Larsson sits carefully observing the dingy Stockholm apartment of a man under police surveillance. He looks at his watch: nine minutes past eleven in the evening. At that same moment, the house explodes, killing at least three people. Chief Inspector Martin Beck and his men don't suspect arson or murder until they discover a peculiar circumstance linking the explosion to a suicide committed that same day. The dead man left a note consisting of just two words: Martin Beck.

This is the excellent fifth installment of the genre-pioneering Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s, widely recognized as the greatest masterpieces of crime fiction ever written.

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Fire Engine That Disappeared The Story of a Crime | A Martin Beck Police Story

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Martin Beck

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The Story of a Crime | A Martin Beck Police Story

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