Martin Beck

Martin Beck
	The ten 2007 HarperCollins editions lined up next to one another
	Roseanna; The Man Who Went Up in Smoke; The Man on the Balcony; The Laughing Policeman; The Fire Engine That Disappeared; Murder at the Savoy; The Abominable Man; The Locked Room; Cop Killer; The Terrorists
Author	Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
Translator	Lois Roth (1), Joan Tate (2, 5, 6, 10), Alain Blair (3, 4), Amy and Ken Knoespel (6), Thomas Teal (7, 9) and Paul Britten Austin (8).
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish, translated into English
Discipline	Police procedural
Published	1965-1975
No. of books	10

Martin Beck is a fictional Swedish police detective and the main character in the ten novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, collectively titled The Story of a Crime. Frequently referred to as the Martin Beck stories, all have been adapted into films between 1967 and 1994, six of which were included in a series featuring Gösta Ekman as Martin Beck. Between 1997 and 2018 there have also been 38 films (some released direct for video and broadcast on television) based on the characters, with Peter Haber as Martin Beck. Apart from the core duo of Beck and his right-hand man Gunvald Larsson, the latter have little resemblance to the original series, and feature a widely different and evolving cast of characters, though roughly similar themes and settings around Stockholm.

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