Sjöwall, Maj,  1935-2020. <br/><br/>
The abominable man :  a Martin Beck novel / 
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ; translated  by Thomas Teal. 
 - 2nd Vintage Crime / Black Lizard ed. 
 - London:  4th Estate An imprint of Harper collins,  2011 
 - 214 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> "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." 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from the Swedish. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780007439171 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009504233 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Beck, Martin (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Beck, Martin-- Fiction.<br/>Murder--Investigation--Fiction.<br/>Police corruption--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Stockholm (Sweden)--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Mystery fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PT9876.29.J63  / V4 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>839.7/374  / S626