The Abominable Man, Maj Sjwall and Per Wahl Translated by Thomas Teal
The Abominable Man, Maj Sjwall and Per Wahl Translated by Thomas Teal
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The Abominable Man
A Martin Beck Police Mystery

Author: Maj Sjwall and Per Wahl; Translated by Thomas Teal

Narrator: Tom Weiner

Unabridged: 5 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/09/2009


Synopsis

The bloody murder of a police captain in his hospital room exposes the particularly unsavory history of a man who spent forty years practicing a horrible blend of strongarm police work and shear brutality. Nonetheless, Martin Beck and his colleagues scour Stockholm for the murderer, a demented and deadly rifleman. As the tension builds and a feeling of impending 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brad

I exhale my breath in a long deep sigh. I've just finished listening to what is probably the most cinematic of all the Sjowall and Wahloo Beck books (maybe not the best, but certainly the most evocative), and for the first time (despite the excellence of the entire series) I want to drop everything......more

Goodreads review by Dave

The Abominable Man (1971) is book #7 in the ten book police procedural series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, (sort of) featuring Martin Beck and set in Sweden in the lat sixties and seventies. When I say they “sort of” feature Martin Beck I mean that the two authors, former crime reporters, attempt......more

Goodreads review by Baba

This is the seventh book in the 1970s best selling Swedish detective series that some say started the 'Scandinavian Noir' genre of mixing crime stories and social issues. 7 out of 12.......more