Roseanna
| Roseanna | |
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 1st English edition |
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| Author(s) | Sjöwall and Wahlöö |
| Original title | Roseanna |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Series | Martin Beck series |
| Publisher | Norstedts Förlag (Sweden) Pantheon Books (US) |
| Publication date | 1965 |
| Published in English |
1967 |
| Pages | 220 pp |
| Followed by | The Man Who Went Up in Smoke |
Roseanna (1965) by Sjöwall and Wahlöö is the first novel in their detective series revolving around Martin Beck and his team.
[edit] Plot summary
A young woman is found dead in a canal, molested and murdered. The case is almost instantly cold: nobody can identify her and where and by whom she was killed. Then a stroke of luck: through Interpol her identity is ascertained—Roseanna McGraw, an American tourist who was taking a boat trip in southern Sweden. A meticulous investigation determines that she was murdered aboard the boat and proceeds to determine if a fellow passenger was responsible.
[edit] Characters and their development
Martin Beck, Lennart Kollberg and Frederik Melander are introduced. Later in the novel Åke Stenström makes an appearance in one of his trademark pursuits.
Lesser characters who will make appearances in later novels are detective Ahlberg of the Motala police force, and detective Sonja Hansson of the Stockholm police force. The reader is also introduced to Beck's wife, son and daughter.
| Preceded by none |
"Martin Beck" timeline, part 1 of 10 | Succeeded by The Man Who Went Up in Smoke |
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