The man who went up in smoke
By: Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
Contributors: Wahlöö, Per, 1926-1975
Series: Martin Beck series
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780007232840
Subjects: Missing persons; Fiction; Police; Journalists; Martin Beck (Fictitious character)
Description: "A well-known Swedish journalist who has disappeared without a trace.Inspector Martin Beck of the Stockholm Homicide Squad has his summer vacation abruptly terminated when the top brass at the foreign office pack him off to Budapest to search for Alf Matsson, a well-known Swedish journalist who has vanished. Beck investigates viperous Eastern European underworld figures and--at the risk of his life--stumbles upon the international racket in which Matsson was involved. With the coolly efficient local police on his side and a predatory nymphet on his tail, Beck pursues a case whose international implications grow with each new clue. " -- BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Translated from the Swedish.