The Fire Engine That Disappeared
1969 novel by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fire Engine That Disappeared (Brandbilen som försvann) is a mystery novel by Swedish writers Sjöwall and Wahlöö, published in 1969. It is the fifth book in the Martin Beck detective series.
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Author | Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö |
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Original title | Brandbilen som försvann |
Translator | Joan Tate |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
Series | Martin Beck series |
Publisher | Norstedts Förlag (Sweden) Pantheon Books (US) |
Publication date | 1969 |
Published in English | 1970 |
Pages | 249 |
Preceded by | The Laughing Policeman |
Followed by | Murder at the Savoy |
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In the novel a house fire, which kills three people, was about to be written off as the result of a tenant's gas suicide when a forensics officer discovers a firebomb in the rubble that would have certainly killed the tenant had he not killed himself. Beck and his team launch a manhunt for the tenant's partner-in-crime, but are perplexed when the partner-in-crime is found dead at the bottom of the sea.