215 pages
English language
Published 2009 by Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.
"Seventh novel in the Martin Beck mystery series," together known as "The story of crime." "The gruesome murder of a police captain in his hospital room reveals the unsavory history of a man who spent forty years practicing a horrible blend of strongarm police work and sheer brutality. Martin Beck and his colleagues feverishly comb Stockholm for the murderer, a demented and deadly rifleman, who has plans for even more chaos. As the tension builds and a feeling of imminent danger grips Bec, his investigation unearths evidence of police corruption."
It reminded me of Henning Mankel's work – I think he wrote the prologue to this). Character development was spot on, and I appreciate the concern for the woman decoy. I do expect that such a case would prompt a huge amount of mental therapy…
Betyder edderkop sexualdåre?
Who would have thunk that I would enjoy a story written from the point of view of cops and one that has a lot of sexist tropes too. I did though. It is hard to even understand why. Somehow it is the very dullness of it that makes it interesting. Anti sensationalism maybe?
