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Murder at the Savoy
Murder at the Savoy: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (6) | Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö
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The shocking sixth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck investigating a brutal assassination.When Viktor Palmgren, a powerful Swedish industrialist is shot during his after-dinner speech in the luxurious Hotel Savoy, it sends a shiver down the spine of the international money markets and terrifies the tiny town of Malmo. No one in the restaurant can identify the gunman, and local police are sheepishly baffled. That's when Beck takes over the scene and quickly picks through Palmgren's background. What he finds is a web of vice so despicable that it's hard for him to imagine who wouldn't want Palmgren dead, but that doesn't stop him and his team of dedicated detectives from tackling one of their most intriguing cases yet. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Lukethebt
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rabbitprincess
Mehso-so

This is a 3â­ï¸ so-so. I liked the description of the hot summer weather and the drudgery of routine police work. But once again some unnecessary sex, and the story seemed to take a while to resolve (although not as long as The Man on the Balcony).

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#bookanddinner al fresco (it's about 5 degrees but very sunny). Blackened chicken wrap and wild berry lemonade (not pictured) from Whole Foods.

rwmg Do you enjoy those authors? I read a couple while 7y
rwmg I was a teenager and found them distasteful. I forget now whether it was too much gore or too much sex 7y
rabbitprincess @rwmg I don't binge on them but find them interesting as examples of early police procedurals. They also seem realistic in portraying the day-to-day routine police work. But I agree, there is unnecessary sex in most installments. 7y
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