TY - GEN AU - Sjowall, Maj AU - Wahloo, Per AU - Tate, Joan TI - Murder at the savoy SN - 9780007439164 U1 - 839.7374 PY - 2011/// CY - London PB - Fourth Estate KW - Best sellers KW - Swedish fiction -Translations into English KW - Beck, Martin (Fictitious character) - Fiction KW - Police - Sweden - Stockholm - Fiction N1 - Translated from the Swedish N2 - Written in the 1960s, 10 books completed in 10 years, they are the work of Maj Sj'wall and Per Wahloo a husband and wife team from Sweden. They follow the fortunes of the detective Martin Beck, whose enigmatic, taciturn character has inspired countless other policemen in crime fiction; without his creation Ian Rankin's John Rebus or Henning Mankellą¤µs Kurt Wallander may never have been conceived. The novels can be read separately, but are best read in chronological order, so the reader can follow the characters development and get drawn into the series as a whole. (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Titles/65037/murder-at-the-savoy-maj-sjowall-per-wahloo-9780007439164) ER -