Cop Killer (novel)
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| Author(s) | Sjöwall and Wahlöö |
| Original title | Polismördaren |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Series | Martin Beck series |
| Publisher | Norstedts Förlag |
| Publication date | 1974 |
| Pages | 285 pp |
| ISBN | 91-1-742201-9 |
| OCLC Number | 9759090 |
| LC Classification | PT9876.29.J63 P63 |
| Preceded by | The Locked Room |
| Followed by | The Terrorists |
Cop Killer (1973) is a novel by Sjöwall and Wahlöö in their detective series revolving around Martin Beck and his team. (Original Swedish title: Polismördaren.)
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[edit] Plot summary
Martin Beck investigates the murder of a woman in Anderslöv in Southern Sweden, and begins by looking at the murderer he put away in "Roseanna". At the same time, Malm leads a manhunt for the surviving partner of a teenage criminal who killed a policeman during a gunfight.
[edit] Characters and their development
Folke Bengtsson, the killer from the first Sjöwall and Wahlöö novel Roseanna, returns as a suspect of the murder of the woman.
Hergott Nöjd is introduced as a character with a particularly appealing dry sort of humor. He and Martin Beck develop a friendship during the investigations. Nöjd returns in the next Sjöwall and Wahlöö book, The Terrorists.
Lennart Kollberg resigns from the police force by the end of this book.
[edit] Film
The novel was used as the basis for a 1994 Swedish-German film, directed by Peter Keglevic. Titled Polismördaren in Sweden, it is known as The Police Murderer in the United States.[1]
[edit] References
| Preceded by The Locked Room |
"Martin Beck" timeline, part 9 of 10 | Succeeded by The Terrorists |
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