Cop Killer (novel)
Encyclopedia
Cop Killer is a novel by Sjöwall and Wahlöö
in their detective series revolving around Martin Beck
and his team. (Original Swedish title: Polismördaren.)
in Southern Sweden, and begins by looking at the murderer he put away in "Roseanna". At the same time, Malm leads a manhunt for the surviving partner of a teenage criminal who killed a policeman during a gunfight.
, returns as a suspect of the murder of the woman.
Hergott Nöjd is introduced as a character with a particularly appealing dry sort of humor. He and Martin Beck develop a friendship during the investigations. Nöjd returns in the next Sjöwall and Wahlöö book, The Terrorists
.
Lennart Kollberg resigns from the police force by the end of this book.
. Titled Polismördaren in Sweden, it is known as The Police Murderer in the United States.
Sjöwall and Wahlöö
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, a common-law wife and husband team of detective writers from Sweden. Together they conceived and wrote a series of ten novels about the exploits of detectives from the special homicide commission of the national police in which the character of Martin Beck was the...
in their detective series revolving around Martin Beck
Martin Beck
Martin Beck is a fictional Swedish police detective who is the main character in a series of ten novels by Sjöwall and Wahlöö, collectively titled The Story of a Crime...
and his team. (Original Swedish title: Polismördaren.)
Plot summary
Martin Beck investigates the murder of a woman in AnderslövAnderslöv
Anderslöv is a locality situated in Trelleborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,680 inhabitants in 2005.-References or Allusions:An important part of the Sjöwall and Wahlöö novel Cop Killer is fictitiously situated in Anderslöv....
in Southern Sweden, and begins by looking at the murderer he put away in "Roseanna". At the same time, Malm leads a manhunt for the surviving partner of a teenage criminal who killed a policeman during a gunfight.
Characters and their development
Folke Bengtsson, the killer from the first Sjöwall and Wahlöö novel RoseannaRoseanna
Roseanna by Sjöwall and Wahlöö is the first novel in their detective series revolving around Martin Beck and his team.- Plot summary :...
, returns as a suspect of the murder of the woman.
Hergott Nöjd is introduced as a character with a particularly appealing dry sort of humor. He and Martin Beck develop a friendship during the investigations. Nöjd returns in the next Sjöwall and Wahlöö book, The Terrorists
The Terrorists
The Terrorists is a 1975 novel by Sjöwall and Wahlöö in their detective series revolving around Martin Beck and his team...
.
Lennart Kollberg resigns from the police force by the end of this book.
Film
The novel was used as the basis for a 1994 Swedish-German film, directed by Peter KeglevicPeter Keglevic
Peter Keglevic is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 30 films since 1976. His film Bella Donna was screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Bella Donna * Kill Cruise...
. Titled Polismördaren in Sweden, it is known as The Police Murderer in the United States.