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  • The Laughing Policeman

  • A Martin Beck Police Mystery
  • Written by: Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö
  • Narrated by: Tom Weiner
  • Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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The Laughing Policeman

Written by: Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö
Narrated by: Tom Weiner
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Publisher's Summary

On a cold and rainy Stockholm night, nine bus riders are gunned down by an unknown assassin. The press, anxious for an explanation for the seemingly random crime, quickly dubs him a madman. But Superintendent Martin Beck of the Stockholm Homicide Squad suspects otherwise. This apparently motiveless killer has managed to target one of Beck's best detectives - and he, surely, would not have been riding that lethal bus without a reason.
©1998 Random House (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

What the critics say

  • Edgar Award, Best Novel, 1971

"I've read The Laughing Policeman six or eight times. Each time I reach the final twist on the final page, I shiver afresh." (Jonathan Franzen)
"A tantalizing, intricate tale." (New York Times Book Review)

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