bookshelves: translation, series, summer-2013, sweden, play-dramatisation, mystery-thriller, published-1967, fradio, radio-4
Read from July 26 to 27, 2013
Cop Killer by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö Translated by Thomas Teal Dramatised for radio by Jennifer Howarth
BBC BLURB: The murder of a woman in a small village outside Malmö in Southern Sweden wouldn't normally warrant the attentions of Detective Inspector Martin Beck and his team. But this woman lived next door to a man who has already killed once, and the press are taking a lot of interest in the case. Beck and Kollberg aren't getting anywhere when a teenage shootout between two teenage boys and the police not far away starts a series of events that eventually leads them to the killer, and sets the seal on a significant decision for Lennart Kollberg.
Original Music by Elizabeth Purnell Directed by Sara Davies.
3* Roseanna (Martin Beck #1)
3* The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (Martin Beck #2)
3* The Man on the Balcony (Martin Beck, #3)
3* The Laughing Policeman (Martin Beck #4)
3* The Fire Engine That Disappeared (Martin Beck #5)
#6 MISSING! Oh Noes!!
3* The Abominable Man (Martin Beck #7)
3* The Locked Room (Martin Beck #8)
3* Cop Killer (Martin Beck #9)