Order of Martin Beck Books
Martin Beck is the lead character in a series of Scandinavian crime fiction novels by Swedish novelists Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo. Martin Beck is a Stockholm police detective. Martin is described as a tall smoker and has a weak immune system. He has two teenage sons. Al of the novels have been adapted to film and/or television in various languages, most notably by Walter Matthau in the 1973 film The Laughing Policeman. The series is also known as The Story of a Crime.
Sjowall and Wahloo started their Martin Beck series in 1965 with the novel Roseanna. The series lasted ten novels, concluding in 1976 with the novel The Terrorists. Below is a list of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo’s Martin Beck books in order of when they were originally released (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Martin Beck Books
(By: Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö)
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Roseanna |
(1965) |
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The Man Who Went Up in Smoke |
(1966) |
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The Man on the Balcony |
(1967) |
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The Laughing Policeman / Investigation of Murder |
(1968) |
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The Fire Engine that Disappeared |
(1969) |
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Murder at the Savoy |
(1970) |
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The Abominable Man |
(1971) |
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The Locked Room |
(1972) |
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Cop Killer |
(1974) |
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The Terrorists |
(1975) |
Note: The Laughing Policeman was also published under the title of Investigation of Murder.