num_pages: 291
description: In one part of town, a woman robs a bank. In another, a corpse is found shot through the heart in a room locked from within, with no firearm in sight. Although the two incidents appear unrelated, Detective Inspector Martin Beck believes otherwise, and solving the mystery acquires the utmost importance.
language: English
title: The Locked Room
titlecomplete: The Locked Room (Martin Beck, #8)
characters: Martin Beck
genres: Mystery Thriller, Nordic Noir, Thriller, Crime, Swedish Literature, Fiction, Sweden, Scandinavian Literature, Detective, Mystery
ratings_count: 5484
places: Sweden
series: Martin Beck 
publisher: Harper Perennial