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Murder at the Savoy

By Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo
Murder at the Savoy by Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo digital book - Fable

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The shocking sixth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck investigating a brutal assassination. With an introduction by Arne Dahl. 
When Viktor Palmgren, a powerful Swedish industrialist is shot during his after-dinner speech in the luxurious Hotel Savoy, it sends a shiver down the spine of the international money markets and terrifies the tiny town of Malmo. No one in the restaurant can identify the gunman, and local police are sheepishly baffled. That's when Beck takes over the scene and quickly picks through Palmgren's background. What he finds is a web of vice so despicable that it's hard for him to imagine who wouldn't want Palmgren dead, but that doesn't stop him and his team of dedicated detectives from tackling one of their most intriguing cases yet.

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“This novel, first published in 1970, is shockingly timely right this minute, considering the murder of the health insurance CEO in NYC this week. All that aside, it's an intricately plotted, grim little story about desperate times. The detectives are older and less optimistic, the edge is more bitter, and the consolations briefer and less sweet.”
“Crime novels are my favorite and this just wasn't the tea for me. Maybe all the hype and build-up I have read online about the series, after buying this book blind, raised my expectations way too much. Perhaps I have read the weakest entry in the Martin Beck saga, I really don't know. This is as straight forward as they come and it really disappointed me. It's like I read a filler episode of a series, maybe this is one of them. Any excitement I have about reading more is greatly diminished. There were a few challenges I have had with the book, the Swedish names for food, places and people's names became a chore to research one by one, most specially the pronunciation. In any case this was a pleasant and unremarkable read but if you are a detective freak this is as mild as an iced caramel macchiato.”

About Maj Sjowall

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.

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