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TV tonight: going undercover with Swedish detective Martin Beck
The Observer 04 Jul 2021
Beck. 9pm, BBC Four. The eternally-popular Swedish crime series based on the detective novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö returns for an eighth outing, featuring four new feature-length episodes ... As his team investigates the death, they are led to a narcotics network, which they are unaware is already being investigated by an undercover team ... Pride ... .
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Nordic noir: Dark, empty, and irresistible
Business Line 10 Sep 2020
Beck was the creation of the Swedish novelist duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, who wrote a dozen stories about the implacable police inspector, while Wallander — a cerebral, humourless, alcoholic inspector who solves crimes in the idyllic Swedish coastal town of Ystad — was the creation of Henning Mankell.
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Three essential Nordic crime series from Wendy Lesser’s ‘Scandinavian Noir’
The Los Angeles Times 01 May 2020
Wendy Lesser’s new book, “Scandinavian Noir,” dissects and investigates a genre with which the author grew obsessed long before it became a global phenomenon. It all started for Lesser with a 10-book series by lifelong partners Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ... The Martin Beck Police Mystery Series. By Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ... The Kurt Wallander Series ... .
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Beyond the dragon tattoo: How Wendy Lesser plunged into Scandinavian crime
The Los Angeles Times 01 May 2020
The pioneering Nordic thrillers, written by Maj Sjöwall and her partner, Per Wahlöö, ended just before Wahlöo died in 1975 ... Sjöwall and Wahlöö's Beck mysteries portrayed Sweden from a decidedly Marxist perspective; for Lesser it was a fantasy of sorts, an escape from the “depressing political situation” of the Reagan era.
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The Razor’s Edge: Bestselling author Jo Nesbø on what shapes Harry Hole mysteries
Indian Express 04 Aug 2019
In 1970, when he was about 10 years old, Jo Nesbø’s mother received a phone call from one of his school teachers ... Readers can trace its beginnings to the 10-volume Martin Beck series, written from 1965-1975 by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, a couple who co-wrote the police procedurals set in the homicide division of the Swedish national police ... US ... news.
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