Murder at the Savoy
by Sjöwall, Maj
When Viktor Palmgren, a powerful industrialist, is casually shot during an after-dinner speech, the repurcussions -- both on the international money markets and on the residents of the small coastal town of Malmo -- are widespread. Chief Inspector Martin Beck is called in to help catch a killer nobody, not even the victim, was able to identify. He begins a systemic search for the friends, enemies, business associates and call girls who may have wanted Palmgren dead -- but in the process he find…
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- Full title :Murder at the Savoy / [by] Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö.
Summary
When Viktor Palmgren, a powerful industrialist, is casually shot during an after-dinner speech, the repurcussions -- both on the international money markets and on the residents of the small coastal town of Malmo -- are widespread. Chief Inspector Martin Beck is called in to help catch a killer nobody, not even the victim, was able to identify. He begins a systemic search for the friends, enemies, business associates and call girls who may have wanted Palmgren dead -- but in the process he finds to his dismay that he has nothing but contempt for the victim and sympathy for the murderer!
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:1971
- Edition:[1st American ed.]
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1971
Notes
Translation of: Polis, polis, potatismos!
The Physical Object
- Description:216 pages : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0394470818, 9780394470818, 0307390918, 9780307390912
- oclc:ocm00214160
- LC Classification:PZ4.S61953
- Dewey Decimal:839.7/3/74
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