description: On a dismal rainy night in November, while Stockholm police are battling a mob of anti-war protesters, nine people are brutally murdered in a double-decker bus. The clues suggest a motiveless crime of violence. But the unexplained presence on the bus of Officer Ake Stenstrom, friend and colleague of Superintendent Martin Beck of the Stockholm Homicide Squad, points to more complicated motives of revenge or concealment.
title: The Laughing Policeman
titlecomplete: The Laughing Policeman
characters: Martin Beck, Lennart Kollberg
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Nordic Noir, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Sweden, Swedish Literature, Scandinavian Literature
ratings_count: 9742
places: Stockholm
series: Martin Beck 
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: CWA Silver Dagger, awardedAt: 31564800000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Vintage Books