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THE TERRORISTS: The Last Martin Beck Mystery
by Sjowall, Maj & Per Wahloo
- Used
- Good
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good-Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394485327
- ISBN 13
- 9780394485324
- Seller
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Warwick, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
N.Y.: Pantheon Books, 1976. 1st American edition, so stated, November 1976. Marroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine very bright. Very tiny stain at front endpaper, else near fine in dust jacket, darkened along edges, small damp stain at bottom, lightly soiled, not price clipped, $7.95 price intact, in protective mylar cover. Dust jacket artwork by James Barkley. The final novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. An American senator is visiting Stockholm and Martin Beck must lead a team to protect him from an international gang of terrorists. However, in the midst of the fervor created by the diplomatic visit, a young, peace-loving woman is accused of robbing a bank. Beck is determined to prove her innocence, but gets trapped in the maze of police bureaucracy. To complicate matters a millionaire pornographer has been bludgeoned to death in his own bathtub. Filled with the twists and turns and the pulse pounding excitement that are the hallmarks of the Martin Beck novels. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good-Near Fine. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Murder By The Book
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020512
- Title
- THE TERRORISTS: The Last Martin Beck Mystery
- Author
- Sjowall, Maj & Per Wahloo
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394485327
- ISBN 13
- 9780394485324
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Mystery, Crime, Stockholm,
- Bookseller catalogs
- SWEDEN;
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About Murder By The Book
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