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.
“The first great series of police thrillers.... Truly
exciting.” —Michael Ondaatje
"Hauntingly effective storytelling." —The New York Times Book
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“Sjöwall and Wahlöö write unsparingly and unswervingly.... Their
plots are second to none.” —Val McDermid
“It's hard to think of any other thriller writers (apart from
Simenon perhaps) who can capture so much of a society in a couple
of hundred pages and yet still hold true to the thriller
form." —Sean and Nicci French
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