The Man on the Balcony: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (3) (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
“The first great series of police thrillers. . . . Truly exciting.”—Michael Ondaatje"Hauntingly effective storytelling."—The New York Times Book Review“Sjöwall and Wahlöö write unsparingly and unswervingly. . . . Their plots are second to none.”—Val McDermid“It's hard to think of any other thriller writers (apart from Simenon perhaps) who can capture so much of a society in a couple of hundred pages and yet still hold true to the  thriller form.”—Sean and Nicci French