The Laughing Policeman
By (author): "Per Wahlöö, Maj Sjöwall"
Publish Date:
1968
ISBN03947234
AsinThe Laughing Policeman
CharactersMartin Beck, Lennart Kollberg
Original titleDen skrattande polisen
SeriesMartin Beck Police Mystery #4
On a dismal rainy night in November, while Stockholm police are battling a mob of anti-war protesters, nine people are brutally murdered in a double-decker bus. The clues suggest a motiveless crime of violence. But the unexplained presence on the bus of Officer Ake Stenstrom, friend and colleague of Superintendent Martin Beck of the Stockholm Homicide Squad, points to more complicated motives of revenge or concealment.