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A review by johnnyb1954
Murder at the Savoy by Maj Sjöwall
3.0
Maybe 3.5
There was a lot of good in the plot. I like the ensemble cat nature of the books and the plodding procedure of the investigations. Everyone seemed to have a motive to kill the victim , which made interesting complications. On the other hand, it seemed kind of Agatha Christieish.
There is a lot of politics, while at the same time repeated statements that Beck hates politics.
Everyone is hot and every place is polluted, we get it.
Beck , separated from his wife has a sexual interlude which seems unlikely and unnecessary to the story. It is a male fantasy. This scene among others makes it appear that the book was passed back and forth between the authors, each writing the next chapter.
There was a lot of good in the plot. I like the ensemble cat nature of the books and the plodding procedure of the investigations. Everyone seemed to have a motive to kill the victim , which made interesting complications. On the other hand, it seemed kind of Agatha Christieish.
There is a lot of politics, while at the same time repeated statements that Beck hates politics.
Everyone is hot and every place is polluted, we get it.
Beck , separated from his wife has a sexual interlude which seems unlikely and unnecessary to the story. It is a male fantasy. This scene among others makes it appear that the book was passed back and forth between the authors, each writing the next chapter.