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The fire engine that disappeared

By: Contributor(s): Series: Martin Beck seriesPublication details: 2011 Fourth Estate LondonDescription: Various PaginationISBN:
  • 9780007439157
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 839.7374  S5F4
Summary: Written in the 1960s, 10 books completed in 10 years, they are the work of Maj Sjवwall and Per Wahloo a husband and wife team from Sweden. They follow the fortunes of the detective Martin Beck, whose enigmatic, taciturn character has inspired countless other policemen in crime fiction; without his creation Ian Rankinवs John Rebus or Henning Mankellवs Kurt Wallander may never have been conceived. The novels can be read separately, but are best read in chronological order, so the reader can follow the charactersव development and get drawn into the series as a whole. (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Titles/65036/the-fire-engine-that-disappeared-maj-sjowall-per-wahloo-9780007439157)
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Books Vikram Sarabhai Library Rack 43-B / Slot 2464 (3rd Floor, East Wing) Fiction General Stacks 839.7374 S5F4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 177166

Translated from the Swedish

Written in the 1960s, 10 books completed in 10 years, they are the work of Maj Sjवwall and Per Wahloo a husband and wife team from Sweden. They follow the fortunes of the detective Martin Beck, whose enigmatic, taciturn character has inspired countless other policemen in crime fiction; without his creation Ian Rankinवs John Rebus or Henning Mankellवs Kurt Wallander may never have been conceived. The novels can be read separately, but are best read in chronological order, so the reader can follow the charactersव development and get drawn into the series as a whole. (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Titles/65036/the-fire-engine-that-disappeared-maj-sjowall-per-wahloo-9780007439157)

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