{"product_id":"the-man-who-went-up-maj-sjowall-9780307390486","title":"The Man Who Went Up in Smoke: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (2)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe masterful second novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renowned crime writing duo, Maj Sjall and Per Wahl, finds Beck searching Budapest for a well-known Swedish journalist who has disappeared without a trace. With an introduction by Val McDermid: \"So many of the elements that have become integral...in the police procedural subgenre started life in these ten novels....Their plots are second to none.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspector Martin Beck of the Stockholm Homicide Squad has his summer vacation abruptly terminated when the top brass at the foreign office pack him off to Budapest to search for Alf Matsson, a well-known Swedish journalist who has vanished. Beck investigates viperous Eastern European underworld figures and--at the risk of his life--stumbles upon the international racket in which Matsson was involved. With the coolly efficient local police on his side and a predatory nymphet on his tail, Beck pursues a case whose international implications grow with each new clue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307390489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307390486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Crime\/Black Lizard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 6.30w x 0.61d","brand":"Maj Sjowall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047959130367,"sku":"9780307390486","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11499a08-79e0-4613-8609-fdf1af4945da.jpg?v=1684993118","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-man-who-went-up-maj-sjowall-9780307390486","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}