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The abominable man, a Martin Beck mystery, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ; translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal - (pbk.)

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"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."

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Introduction, c2009 ; This translation originally published in a slightly different form in hardcover in the U.S. by Pantheon Books, 1972, and by Vintage Books, 1980. -- T.p. verso

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