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  1. 1Roseanna (1967)Roseanna (1967) 6.7/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 1967A body recovered from a Swedish lake gives Martin Beck and his colleagues very little to begin with, including no secure identification. Sjöwall and Wahlöö build the case through enquiries, records, photographs and cooperation across borders over months. The attraction is seeing small, unglamorous…0
  2. 2The laughing policeman (1972)The laughing policeman (1972)Published 1 Jan 1972A mass shooting on a Stockholm bus kills one of Beck's colleagues, making professional investigation and personal uncertainty difficult to separate. Sjöwall and Wahlöö distribute the work among officers with different habits and temperaments, letting an apparently marginal line of enquiry acquire…0
  3. 3Cop Hater (87th Precinct Mysteries) (1956)Cop Hater (87th Precinct Mysteries) (1956) 7.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 1956The first 87th Precinct novel turns the killing of police officers into an emergency for their coworkers. McBain gives Steve Carella a recognisable squadroom around him, with the work moving through interviews, street enquiries and the pressure of being a possible target. Its compressed pace makes…0
  4. 4Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! (1971)Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! (1971)Published 1 Jan 1971Night shift and day shift bring the 87th Precinct a collection of jobs, from a killing to a church bombing and an unlikely complaint about ghosts. McBain lets several detectives carry the book rather than making every event wait for Carella. The changing scale of the cases is especially good for a…0
  5. 5Brandbilen som försvann (1969)Brandbilen som försvann (1969) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 1969Gunvald Larsson is watching a building when a fire turns surveillance into rescue. Sjöwall and Wahlöö then make the less dramatic work of establishing what happened depend on several people's observations and follow-up enquiries. An abrasive colleague can be useful without becoming lovable, and…0
  6. 6The torment of others (2004)The torment of others (2004) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2004Carol Jordan's team faces murders that appear to reproduce crimes for which a man is already confined. The investigation splits between clinical psychologist Tony Hill's enquiries and police operations, making coordination and the risks of a chosen tactic part of the story. McDermid offers pace,…0
  7. 7Broken Harbour (2012)Broken Harbour (2012) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2012Experienced Dublin detective Mick Kennedy works with newcomer Richie Curran on a devastating family murder. French lets their discussions test what each considers obvious, and makes the senior officer's confidence something a reader can question. The attraction is the relationship between method,…0
  8. 8The Trespasser (2016)The Trespasser (2016) 7.7/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2016Antoinette Conway and Stephen Moran work through an apparently straightforward killing while pressure from elsewhere in the Dublin squad encourages a quick conclusion. The valuable collaboration is the pair's exchange of possible accounts and their need to assess each other's judgement. Hostility…0
  9. 9Creak on the Stairs (2020)Creak on the Stairs (2020)Published 1 Jan 2020Elma returns to Akranes and joins Sævar and Hörður in investigating a woman's death near a lighthouse. Ægisdóttir gives the small group different relationships with the town and with one another, making ordinary conversation and accumulated local knowledge useful alongside formal enquiry. The…0i
  10. 10Snowblind (2025)Snowblind (2025)Published 1 Jan 2025New officer Ari Thór must work within a tiny established police group in a snowbound Icelandic town. His questions do not always align with the assumptions of people who already know the community, giving experience and outsider observation something to negotiate. Choose Snowblind for a smaller…0i