“A taut, gripping narrative…. A book you won’t—easily—put down.”
—Chicago Tribune
“Lively, stylistically taut . . . Sjöwall and Wahlöö changed the genre.”–Henning Mankell
"One of the most authentic, gripping and profound collections of police procedurals ever accomplished."–Michael Connelly
“Sjöwall and Wahlöö write unsparingly and unswervingly. . . . Their plots are second to none.”–Val McDermid
