from AHS-Wolfy

Nothing will incur the wrath of the police force than the death of one of their own. Even if that person turns out to be less than a paragon of virtue. Chief Inspector Nyman was one such man and everyone in the force knew his methods went far beyond acceptable levels but when he is found brutally...

from tixylix

One of the best in the Martin Beck series in my opinion - gripping throughout and a real page turner. Beck is called in to investigate a particularly gruesome murder of a policeman and so begins the chase for the killer.

from bnielsen

April 1971, en 36 årig mand tager en bajonet og skærer med to snit maven og halsen over på Kommisær Stig Oscar Nyman, som er indlagt på Sabbatbergs sygehus. Einar Rönn, 43 år, bliver tilkaldt og kaster blot et blik på scenen, før han ringer til Martin Beck, 48 år. Becks datter Ingrid er 19 år og ...

from CBJames

In a ten-part detective series characterized by its social critiques it's inevitable that one volume must address the police force itself. Who will protect society from those charged with protecting society? If the police force is corrupt, what is the citizenry to do? This questions is unfortunat...

from reading_fox

Perhaps the first time that as a reader up feel the 10 Martin beck novels have been written as a coherant series of 300 chapters rather than as 10 descrete books, inasmuch as that this book is very short and barely stands up on it's own. However as an exert of the types of crimes police were faci...