Per Wahloo Books in Order
Per Fredrik Wahlöö, often identified in English translations as Peter Wahloo – was a Swedish author. He is perhaps best known for collaborative work with his partner Maj Sjöwall on a series of ten novels about the exploits of Martin Beck, a police detective in Stockholm, published between 1965 and 1975. The fourth of the Beck novels, Den skrattande polisen, was published in 1968; a translation of this novel, The Laughing Policeman, won an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America in 1971. Wahlöö and Sjöwall also wrote novels separately.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Per Wahloo
- #1AmazonRoseanna(1965)
- #2AmazonThe Man Who Went Up in Smoke(1966)
- #3AmazonThe Man on the Balcony(1967)
- #4AmazonThe Laughing Policeman / Investigation of Murder(1968)
- #5AmazonThe Fire Engine that Disappeared(1969)
- #6AmazonMurder at the Savoy(1970)
- #7AmazonThe Abominable Man(1971)
- #8AmazonThe Locked Room(1972)
- #9AmazonCop Killer(1974)
- #10AmazonThe Terrorists(1975)
- #11AmazonA Darker Shade of Sweden(2013)
About Per Wahloo
Per Fredrik Wahlöö, often identified in English translations as Peter Wahloo – was a Swedish author. He is perhaps best known for collaborative work with his partner Maj Sjöwall on a series of ten novels about the exploits of Martin Beck, a police detective in Stockholm, published between 1965 and 1975. The fourth of the Beck novels, Den skrattande polisen, was published in 1968; a translation of this novel, The Laughing Policeman, won an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America in 1971. Wahlöö and Sjöwall also wrote novels separately.
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