The shocking penultimate novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Sjwall and Wahl finds Beck investigating parallel cases that have shocked a small community. After a woman is brutally murdered and a shootout between three cops and two teenage boys occurs, Beck and his partner Lenart Kollberg are called in on the cases.
The shocking ninth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj Sj wall and Per Wahl finds Beck investigating parallel cases that have shocked a small rural community.

In a country town, a woman is brutally murdered and left buried in a swamp. There are two main suspects: her closest neighbor and her ex-husband. Meanwhile, on a quiet suburban street a midnight shootout takes place between three cops and two teenage boys. Dead, one cop and one kid. Wounded, two cops. Escaped, one kid. Martin Beck and his partner Lenart Kollberg are called in to investigate. As Beck digs deeper into the murky waters of the young girl's murder, Kollberg scours the town for the teenager, and together they are forced to examine the changing face of crime.