The Man on the Balcony
By (author): "Per Wahlöö, Maj Sjöwall"
Publish Date:
1967
AsinThe Man on the Balcony
CharactersMartin Beck, Lennart Kollberg
Original titleMannen på balkongen
SeriesMartin Beck Police Mystery #3
What gave every indication of being a warm and peaceful Swedish summer suddenly develops into a nightmare for the members of the Stockholm Homicide Squad when the city becomes the scene of a rash of brutal muggings and child sex-murders. Martin Beck, now a superintendent, begins a relentless, meticulous investigation that follows to the end the slightest clues and finally leads to the criminal.