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Per Wahlöö

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Born in 1926, Per Wahlöö was a Swedish writer and journalist who, alongside his own novels, collaborated with his wife, Maj Sjöwall, on the bestselling Martin Beck crime series which are credited as inspiring writers as varied as Agatha Christie, Henning Mankell and Jonathan Franzen. In 1971 the fourth novel in the series, The Laughing Policeman, won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Per Wahlöö died in 1975.

Books by Per Wahlöö
The Martin Beck Stories
Per Wahlöö, Maj Sjöwall

Steven Mackintosh stars as dogged, dyspeptic detective Martin Beck, with Neil Pearson as his friend and colleague Lennart Kollberg, in these BBC Radio 4 dramatisations.

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Murder on the Thirty-First Floor
Per Wahlöö

A chilling dystopian classic crime story from the godfather of Scandinavian crime fiction.

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The Steel Spring
Per Wahlöö

A chilling dystopian classic crime story from the godfather of Scandinavian crime fiction and author of the Martin Beck series.

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