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beppe · 05-26-2010, 04:57 AM

I have a third shot left. I'll spend it with
The Laughing Policeman (1968), by Sjöwall and Wahlöö. It earned a 'Best Novel' Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The American police procedural film, The Laughing Policeman (1973) featuring Walter Matthau, is a loose adaptation of the novel.

A gunman shoots the passengers of a public transport bus with a sub-machine gun; he kills eight people (including Detective Ake Stenström), and wounds one. Detective Beck and his team suspect the mass-murder is to disguise the murder of Detective Stenstrom, who was spending his free time investigating the sixteen-year-old murder of a Portuguese prostitute.

05-26-2010, 04:57 AM	#52
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	I have a third shot left. I'll spend it with The Laughing Policeman (1968), by Sjöwall and Wahlöö. It earned a 'Best Novel' Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The American police procedural film, The Laughing Policeman (1973) featuring Walter Matthau, is a loose adaptation of the novel. A gunman shoots the passengers of a public transport bus with a sub-machine gun; he kills eight people (including Detective Ake Stenström), and wounds one. Detective Beck and his team suspect the mass-murder is to disguise the murder of Detective Stenstrom, who was spending his free time investigating the sixteen-year-old murder of a Portuguese prostitute.