barbara fister reviewed Cop Killer by Maj Sjöwall
Review of 'Cop Killer' on 'LibraryThing'
The ninth volume of Sjowall & Wahloo's "story of a crime," this one takes Martin Beck to a small community in the south where a woman has vanished. As Martin and Kollberg interview her ex-husband and a suspicious fellow - the man they convicted of the murder of Roseana (the first story in the series), Martin tries to cope with a boss who is happily militarizing the police force and Kollberg wonders whether he wants to be a police officer anymore. As their investigation plods along, a couple of young men are stopped by the police. One of them draws a gun; soon three cops are seriously injured and the shooter is dead. The police go all out to find the "cop killer" and in the process an important clue to the missing woman's killer turns up. This is a great series. Here, the authors outline the pointed difference between …
The ninth volume of Sjowall & Wahloo's "story of a crime," this one takes Martin Beck to a small community in the south where a woman has vanished. As Martin and Kollberg interview her ex-husband and a suspicious fellow - the man they convicted of the murder of Roseana (the first story in the series), Martin tries to cope with a boss who is happily militarizing the police force and Kollberg wonders whether he wants to be a police officer anymore. As their investigation plods along, a couple of young men are stopped by the police. One of them draws a gun; soon three cops are seriously injured and the shooter is dead. The police go all out to find the "cop killer" and in the process an important clue to the missing woman's killer turns up. This is a great series. Here, the authors outline the pointed difference between thoughtful police work and the way the militarized police organization responds to a shooting.
