Murder at the Savoy
by Sjöwall, Maj
With a New 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 puts the tiny town of Malmo on edge. However, no one in the restaurant, not even the victim before his death, was able to identify the gunman, and local police were sheepishly baffled. Beck takes over the scene and finds a web of vice so despicable that it's hard to…
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- Full title :Murder at the Savoy / Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ; translated from the Swedish by Amy and Ken Knoespel.
Summary
With a New 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 puts the tiny town of Malmo on edge. However, no one in the restaurant, not even the victim before his death, was able to identify the gunman, and local police were sheepishly baffled. Beck takes over the scene and finds a web of vice so despicable that it's hard 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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- Publication Date:2009.
- Edition:2nd Vintage crime/Black Lizard ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Vintage Books/Black Lizard
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
Notes
This translation originally published by Pantheon Books, New York, 1971.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiii, 216 pages ; : 21 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780307390912, 0307390918
- oclc:on1020520850
- LC Classification:PT9876.29.J63
- Dewey Decimal:839.7/3/74
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