from reading_fox

Best yet. 4th book so the series and the authors are beginning to really hit their stride. In the days of Vietnam war protests the police have their hands full with civil issues. When someone guns down a busload (nine) passengers the homicide team led by Martin Beck once again have their hands fu...

from bnielsen

Sverige, november 1967 13 november 1967, 23.03, en sen bus bliver scene for et massemord. 9 mennesker er skudt med en maskinpistol, heraf er 8 døde og en hårdt såret. Kristiansson og Kvant kommer til stedet 23.11 og tramper rundt i og omkring bussen for at se om morderen stadig er der. Martin Bec...

from markatread

A very high level police procedural novel from Stockholm, Sweden. The names of all the streets and the districts will drive you crazy to some degree (all of them seem to have 20 letters in the name), but the solving of the mass murder that happens on a double decker bus is exceptionally good. The...

from AHS-Wolfy

The fourth entry into the Swedish police procedural series featuring Martin Beck sees nine people gunned down while riding a double-decker bus. Mass murder is not a common occurrence so this is treated as a high profile case but what makes it even more so to the investigative team is that one of ...

from gypsysmom

It really is amazing that such enlightened countries as those comprising Scandinavia produce so many excellent crime and mystery writers. The husband and wife team of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo can be added to the list that includes Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell and others. In fact, Sjowall and ...