Description
A family holiday on a quiet Swedish island is cut short when Detective Martin Beck is pulled into an international case: a journalist in Budapest has vanished, leaving behind only rumors and a trail that refuses to make sense. Sent to navigate a foreign underworld, Beck must work with local police whose methods are as disciplined as they are unromantic—pursuing leads amid public baths, bureaucratic friction, and the everyday machinery of crime. As he searches for a man nobody seems to truly know, the investigation exposes the uneasy intersections of media, power, and exploitation across borders. With the crisp, procedural edge for which Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö are celebrated, this installment blends suspense with a sharp, socially observant portrait of how institutions and individuals alike can disappear into smoke.
Available Editions
paperback
Vintage Books
Published Jan 1, 1993
183 pages
ISBN: 9780679745976
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Details
First Published
1966
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Man Who Went up in Smoke by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö.