Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Roseanna: a Martin Beck mystery


Author(s): Sjöwall, Maj and Per Wahlöö

Uniform Title: Roseanna. English

Title: Roseanna: a Martin Beck mystery

Published: New York: Vintage Books, 2008

Description: x, 212 p. : 21 cm.

Note(s): "With a new introduction by Henning Mankell"--P. [1] of cover./ "The first Martin Beck mystery"--P. [1] of cover./ "Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Subject(s):
  • Beck, Martin (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
  • Police -- Sweden -- Stockholm -- Fiction
  • Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
  • Stockholm (Sweden) -- Fiction
Review(s):
  • Ott, Bill. "It Began with Beck." Booklist 103, no. 17 (May 2007): 112
  • Nelson, William. "Art Where You Least Expect It: Myth and Ritual in the Detective Series." Modern Fiction Studies, 29, no. 3 (1983): 463-474
  • Williams, Thomas. "Martin Beck: The Swedish Version of Barney Miller without the Canned Laughter." Clues 1.1 (1980): 123-128
Read: December 14, 2009