The Abominable Man: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (7) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307390905)

The striking seventh novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj Sj wall and Per Wahl , finds Beck facing one of the greatest challenges in his professional career.

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 strong-arm police work and shear 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 Beck, his investigation unearths evidence of police corruption. That's when an even stronger sense of responsibility and something like shame urge him into taking a series of drastic steps, which lead to a shocking disaster.

Author: Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo
ISBN-10: 030739090X
ISBN-13: 9780307390905
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 10/06/2009
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.18w x 0.72d