TERRORISTS - Softcover

Maj Sjowall; Per Wahloo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0394724526 ISBN 13: 9780394724522

Publisher: Vintage, 1977

Synopsis

Martin Beck's attempts to protect an American senator in Stockholm from an international gang of terrorists are interwoven with the murder of a millionaire pornographer and a young woman's entrapment in a maze of police bureaucracy

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Terrorists is the last Martin Beck mystery, tragically finished just a few weeks before Per Wahloo's death. The book is, in effect, a marvelous summing up of the series. The story centers on the visit of an American senator to Stockholm. Martin Beck tries to protect him from an international gang of terrorists, while they decide that Beck too should be removed from the scene. Interwoven with this basic story are two fascinating subplots. One, a classic mini-mystery, is the story of a millionaire pornographer bludgeoned to death in his own bathtub. The other is the story of a young girl, a Swedish hippie caught up unexpectedly in the maze of police bureaucracy. As in other Martin Beck books, the plot comes together in a totally unexpected climax.

About the Author:

Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, her husband and coauthor, wrote ten Martin Beck mysteries. They plotted and researched each book together then wrote alternate chapters. The books were written over a ten year period and carefully planned to allow for gradual character development and evolving social commentary as the series continued. Mr Wahloo, who died in 1975, was a reporter for several Swedish newspapers and magazines and wrote numerous radio and television plays, film scripts, short stories, and novels. Maj Sjöwall is also a poet.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0394724526
• ISBN 13: 9780394724522
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 347