num_pages: 288
description: From Per Wahlco-author with his wife Maj Sjwall of the internationally bestselling Martin Beck series of mysteriescomes a suspense novel about a former German soldier wanted for questioning about a murder in Spain. Willi Mohr--former German soldier starving artist enigmatic drifter--is arrested by the police and subjected to a lengthy and perplexing interrogation. Unwillingly he is drawn back to the previous year he spent in Spain the mysterious death of a Norwegian couple he shared a house with and his tireless attempts to discover how they died. As the interrogation intensifies Mohr realizes that his own secret activities have implicated him in a dangerous political situation. Exhausted at the end of his money worn down by the police he takes decisive action that leads to a profound personal release.
language: English
title: A Necessary Action
publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard