On a July afternoon, the body of a young woman is dredged from Sweden's beautiful Lake Vattern. Three months later, all that Police Inspector Martin Beck knows is that her name is Roseanna, that she came from Lincoln, Nebraska, and that she could have been strangled by any one of eighty-five people. With its authentically rendered settings, vividly realized characters, and command over the intricately woven details of police detection, RoseAnna is a masterpiece of suspense and sadness.
The Washington Post - Patrick Anderson
Holmes, Poirot and Wolfe were colorful, larger-than-life figures, but the Swedish detective Martin Beck is so ordinary it hurts. He's average-looking and drably dressed. He's given to colds and headaches, smokes too much and has a lousy marriage. His one passion is solving crimes. In this novel, a woman's naked body turns up in the waters of a Swedish canal. For months the police can't even identify her. Finally she proves to be an American tourist named Roseanna, a passenger on a cruise ship. The police work is slow and frustrating, but Beck is outraged by the way the woman died, and he won't give up. The narrative is often grim and clinical, but there is a harsh beauty in its relentlessness, in its inexorable progress. The investigation inches along, then ends with a burst of violence that amounts to a catharsis for Beck and for the reader.
Categories:
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science Fiction
- Crime & Mystery
- Science Fiction
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Author : Wahloo, Per,Sjowall, Maj
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2008-09-30
Number Of Pages : 212
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0307390462
ISBN-13 : 9780307390462
Item weight : 0.5 lb
Dimensions : 0.8 in x 5.1 in x 7.9 in
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