Martin Beck Police Mystery The Fire Engine That Disappeared, Book 5, (Paperback)

from reading_fox

Another short but dragged out investigation from Martin beck and the team. It's quiet in the late autimn and Gunvald is transferred to shadow (did police forces ever do this?) a suspect. When the house he is in burns down Gunvar rescues some people but not the suspect whose remains are later foun...

from CBJames

The fifth book in the Martin Beck series, The Fire Engine that Disappeared, lives up to the standards set by the previous novels. Ms. Sjowall and Mr. Wahloo are among the best at what they do, no question about it. However, I still felt something of a slump, a sense of going through the motions, ...

from bnielsen

Sverige, marts 1968 Marts 1968, ca fire måneder efter Endestation Mord. Gunvald Larsson skygger en mand Göran Malm, da huset Malm er i, pludseligt eksploderer. Politibetjenten Zachrisson er der også og alarmerer brandvæsenet to gange, men de kommer først anden gang. Gunvald redder 8 ud, men 3 ind...

from AHS-Wolfy

The fifth in the Martin Beck series sees the Chief Inspector take much more of a back-seat role as the latest investigation unfolds. Gunvald Larsson decides to check on a surveillance mission he's in charge of and offers temporary relief to the young policeman on watch. So not even supposed to be...

from ten_floors_up

'The fire engine that disappeared' is the first of the Martin Beck series that I've read, though it's the fifth in the series. I've been meaning to try one for a while, and I'm not disappointed. Though a book recognisably 'of its time', it's none the worse for it and I can understand why Henning ...