description: What gave every indication of being a warm and peaceful Swedish summer suddenly develops into a nightmare for the members of the Stockholm Homicide Squad when the city becomes the scene of a rash of brutal muggings and child sex-murders. Martin Beck, now a superintendent, begins a relentless, meticulous investigation that follows to the end the slightest clues and finally leads to the criminal.
title: The Man on the Balcony
titlecomplete: The Man on the Balcony
characters: Einar Rönn, Gunvald Larsson, Martin Beck, Lennart Kollberg
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Nordic Noir, Noir, Detective, Crime, Sweden, Swedish Literature, Scandinavian Literature
ratings_count: 7335
places: Sweden
series: Martin Beck 
publisher: Vintage Books