Books by Per Wahloeoe

Born in 1926, Per Wahloeoe was a Swedish writer and journalist who, alongside his own novels, collaborated with his wife, Maj Sjoewall, on the bestselling Martin Beck crime series which are credited as inspiring writers as varied as Agatha Christie, Henning Mankell and Jonathan Franzen. In 1971 the fourth novel in the series, The Laughing Policeman, won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Per Wahloeoe died in 1975.