Maj Sjoewall and Per Wahloeoe, her husband and coauthor,
wrote ten Martin Beck mysteries. They plotted and researched each
book together then wrote alternate chapters. The books were written
over a ten year period and carefully planned to allow for gradual
character development and evolving social commentary as the series
continued. Mr Wahloo, 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
Sjoewall is also a poet.
"The best yet in a superb series of mysteries."-Minneapolis
Tribune
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"One of the most authentic, gripping and profound collections of
police procedurals ever accomplished."-Michael Connelly
"It's hard to think of any other thriller writers (apart from
Simenon perhaps) who can capture so much of a society in a couple
of hundred pages and yet still hold true to the thriller
form."-Sean and Nicci French
"Lively, stylistically taut . . . Sjoewall and Wahloeoe changed the
genre."-Henning Mankell
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