num_pages: 297
description: The shocking ninth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahoo finds Beck investigating parallel cases that have shocked a small rural community. In a country town, a woman is brutally murdered and left buried in a swamp. There are two main her closest neighbor and her ex-husband. Meanwhile, on a quiet suburban street a midnight shootout takes place between three cops and two teenage boys. Dead, one cop and one kid. Wounded, two cops. Escaped, one kid. Martin Beck and his partner Lenart Kollberg are called in to investigate. As Beck digs deeper into the murky waters of the young girl’s murder, Kollberg scours the town for the teenager, and together they are forced to examine the changing face of crime.
language: English
title: Cop Killer: The Story of a Crime
titlecomplete: Cop Killer: The Story of a Crime
characters: Bertil Mård, Ronnie Casparsson, Benny Skacke, Folke Bengtsson, Sigbrit Mård, Gunvald Larsson, Lennart Kollberg, Einar Rönn, Stig Malm, Clark Sundström, Rhea Nielsen, Herrgott Allwright, Martin Beck, Fredrik Melander, Åke Boman, Per Månsson
genres: Crime, Sweden, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Fiction, Scandinavian Literature, Nordic Noir, Mystery, Swedish Literature
ratings_count: 4113
places: Sweden
series: Martin Beck 
publisher: Amereon Ltd