Cop Killer. Ларс Кеплер
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MAJ SJÖWALL
AND PER WAHLÖÖ
Cop Killer
Translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal
4th Estate
An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF
This ebook first published by Harper Perennial in 2009
This 4th Estate edition published in 2016
This translation first published by Random House Inc, New York, in 1975
Originally published in Sweden by P. A. Norstedt & Söner Forlag
Copyright text © Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo 1975
Copyright introduction © Alexander and Alexandra Ahndoril 2011
Cover photograph © Shutterstock
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö assert the moral right to be identified as the authors of this work.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the authors' imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780007439195
EPub Edition © 1975 ISBN: 9780007323425
Version: 2016-03-30
From the reviews of the Martin Beck series:
‘First class’
Daily Telegraph
‘One of the most authentic, gripping and profound collections of police procedural ever accomplished’
MICHAEL CONNELLY
‘Hauntingly effective storytelling’
New York Times
‘There's just no question about it: the reigning King and Queen of mystery fiction are Maj Sjöwall and her husband Per Wahlöö’
The National Observer
‘Sjöwall/Wahlöö are the best writers of police procedural in the world’
Birmingham Post
Contents
Introduction