Murder at the Savoy
By: Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö ; translated from the Swedish by Amy and Ken Knoespel.
Contributors: Wahlöö, Per, 1926-1975, joint author.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; swe
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Beck, Martin (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Police -- Sweden -- Stockholm -- Fiction
Description: When Viktor Palmgren, a powerful industrialist, is casually shot during an after-dinner speech, the repurcussions -- both on the international money markets and on the residents of the small coastal town of Malmo -- are widespread. Chief Inspector Martin Beck is called in to help catch a killer nobody, not even the victim, was able to identify. He begins a systemic search for the friends, enemies, business associates and call girls who may have wanted Palmgren dead, but in the process he finds to his dismay that he has nothing but contempt for the victim and sympathy for the murderer!
Notes: Translation of Polis, polis, patatismos!
Reprint of the ed. published by Pantheon Books, New York.