Roseanna
By Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö & Henning Mankell
- Release Date: 1976-03-12
- Genre: Police Procedural
Description
With a New Introduction by Henning Mankell. The masterful first novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ("the best writers of police procedurals in the world"), finds Beck hunting for the murderer of a lonely traveler.
On a July afternoon, a young woman's body is dredged from Sweden's beautiful Lake Vattern. With no clues Beck begins an investigation not only to uncover a murderer but also to discover who the victim was. Three months later, all Beck knows is that her name was Roseanna and that she could have been strangled by any one of eighty-five people on a cruise. As the melancholic Beck narrows the list of suspects, he is drawn increasingly to the enigma of the victim, a free-spirited traveler with a penchant for casual sex, and to the psychopathology of a murderer with a distinctive--indeed, terrifying--sense of propriety.
Reviews
The Weather in Sweden Seems Harsh
5By Mister CrankyThe police procedural was alive and well in Sweden in the mid-‘60s, and this book proves it very well. Taut, with great pacing and believable human beings as police whose personalities never overshadow the crime they work tirelessly to solve. A fast and well-crafted read, which immediately compelled me to purchase the second in the series.Roseanna
5By LaurahelenbTo think this was published in 1965!Too Much Filler
2By Voratious ReaderThis was a short story packed into 317 pages. I did not find any of the characters interesting. Whoever suggested that fans of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” would enjoy this book must have never read it.
